Werner Kübler the Younger

D. Schindler (L.793);
purchased 1921

Laid down. Horizontal crease across centre. Other minor creases and repaired tears, left and right edges. Brown stain towards right centre. A few other very light stains, but otherwise ink good and fresh. Unframed
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This incomplete drawing is based on a design by Hans Jakob Plepp in the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich.¹  The complex subject of the Calumny of Apelles was represented fairly regularly as an exemplar of justice; Hans Bock also incorporated it into his decorations for the Basel Town Hall (see Lot 3). The emblems in the two lower corners and the emblematic text are taken from Mattheus Holzwart's Emblematum, published in Strasbourg in 1581.  The arms, though not identified, are probably those of a Basel family, as Plepp's original version of the design would appear to date from his Basel period.  The distinctive and rather lively eagle wearing a crown at the centre of this design is often found on armorial shields just South of the Alps, in the region of Chiavenna. 

1. G. Hirth, Formenschatz, 1881, fig. 108-9, as German School