wheellock - XVIII century

[raszpla]

the renovation and reconstruction of missing parts.
beautiful original engraver.





















































 :hatsoff:

[jimc2]

My O MY beautiful this could be framed as art work

[Tom Currie]

I'll second that emotion. Really amazing work to my eyes.

[MarkEngraver]

Thanks for the pictures.
The engraving is wonderful.

Going after a bear with spears !!  Let 'er Buck !

Mark

[Acer Saccharum]

I love the relieved background, and the cartoon-like quality of the drawing. Of special note is the acanthus leaf on the far left, growing up from behind the hill. Makes no logical sense, but it is a perfect piece of the while composition.

A bit of humor on the left is the ragged stump, which is evolving into acanthus leaves. Is this a comment on rebirth of the dead and decaying into new growth?

[Jim Kibler]

Those are some neat details you pointed out Tom.  Thanks!

[Acer Saccharum]

I also notice that the anatomy of the dogs and humans is pretty good. The bear lacks credible form, but there is no doubt what it is. This particular engraver really understood composition and motion in a drawing. So many engravers of the day were copyists, and took their images from pattern/style books, paintings and engravings of other fine artists such as Durer and his contemporaries.

[JTR]

I noticed how few lines the guy cut to convincingly convey the scene. And the relieved background boldly differentiates the land from sky.
A modern engraving of the same scene, even if cut in the same style, would have at least ten times the number of cuts!

John

[raszpla]

another example of the European tradition, the school, although I prefer to provincial Measures

http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/images60_max/04256_b.jpg