A German Rococo carved giltwood mirror, probably after designs by Johann Michael II Hoppenhaupt mid-18th century and later

with later back and associated mirror glass.

With scattered age and construction cracks, abrasions and dents. Scattered small losses to carving at extremitites; not extensive. Scattered chips and abrasions to gesso. Rebacked. Treillage in cresting and rectangular bottom section probably later. Gilding refreshed and now with some losses, rubbing and surface dirt. Mirror plate replaced and now with foxing.
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Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (1709-c.1755) was born in Merseburg and trained in Dresden and Vienna and arrived in Berlin on Frederick the Great's accession to the Prussian throne. In 1746, Hoppenhaupt replaced Johann August Nahl under whom Hoppenhaupt had worked as a woodcarver, as `Directeur des Ornements'. He decorated Schloss Sanssouci where his greatest achievement was the Music Room. His work is characterized by the exceptional fluidity of the carving. Johann Michael published between 1751 and 1755 numerous ornamental and other designs engraved by J.W. Miel for chimney-pieces, chairs, boiseries, console tables, mirrors and commodes with Rococo scrolls, some of which were fantastically elaborate, which in turn may have derived from the designs of Cuvilliés. François Cuvilliés (1695-1768), of Flemish origin, was one of the leading German rococo designers in the 18th century. He became Court architect in Munich in 1728 and was responsible for the interiors in the Residenz Munich (1729-37) and Amalienburg palace in the park of Nymphenburg near Munich (1734-39).