Plaque en relief en argent, atelier du maître HG, probablement Hans Jamnitzer/Gamnitzer, Nuremberg, 1590

représentant Abraham et les trois anges, Sarah dans le fond, datée 1590, dans un cadre en bois

Light wear, no visible holes or splits, overall in very good condition
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Ingrid Weber attribue cette plaquette à Hans Jamnitzer (1538-1603), fils de Wenzel et père de Christoph, tous trios figurant parmi les orfèvres les plus renommés de leur époque. Hans travailla pour l'empereur Ferdinand I et le duc de Ferrare. Il existe une version en argent de cette plaquette non localisée. Il existe des exemples en plomb au musée historique de Bâle et au Bayersiches National Museum de Munich. Voir Ingrid Weber, Deutsche, Niederlandische....Renaissanceplaketten, Munich, 1975, no. 284

Ingrid Weber ascribes this plaquette to Hans Jamnitzer (1538-1603) whose father Wenzel and son Christoph were amongst the most renowned goldsmiths in the German world. He himself as a journeyman worked for emperor Ferdinand I and the duke of Ferrara. A silver example of this plaquette is unknown. There are lead examples in the Historic museum, Basle and the Bayerisches nationalmuseum, Munich. See: Ingrid Weber, Deutsche, Niederlandische....Renaissanceplaketten, Munich, 1975, no. 284