Various artists, Volume of 75 Italian & Northern European Renaissance designs for ornament by various artists called the `Margaret Chinnery Album’. Bound in vellum, tooled in gold (530 x 360). A series of drawings, numbered 1-75, mounted on pages numbered 1-56

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Vol 114

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Various artists, Volume of 75 Italian & Northern European Renaissance designs for ornament by various artists called the `Margaret Chinnery Album’. Bound in vellum, tooled in gold (530 x 360). A series of drawings, numbered 1-75, mounted on pages numbered 1-56

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Bound in vellum, tooled in gold (530 x 360)

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For a full catalogue entry see Lynda Fairbairn, Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum, London 1998, Vol 1 pp 219-263

Vol 114/60. Attributed by Prof Reinier Baarsen in 2017-18 as the hand of Johannes Lutma the elder.

SM volume 114/60 was lent to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam for an exhibition entitled ‘Kwab’, 29/06/18-16/09/18. The following text is taken from the exhibition caption:
Design for a Bekerschroef (Glass-Holder)
Attributed to Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
Amsterdam, c.1635-1640
Graphite, black and white chalk, on yellow prepared paper
This drawing documents an early phase of the design of the base of Lutma’s famous salts. Here it supports a bekerschroef, a holder for a wine glass. This explains why the stem is formed as Bacchus, the god of wine. The drawing demonstrates that Lutma was not just an executant silversmith, but also designed his own models.

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