{"id":20556,"date":"2018-06-22T10:48:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/?post_type=product&#038;p=20556"},"modified":"2020-07-19T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T22:36:36","slug":"old-masters-engelbrecht-horse-racing-antique-print-germany-18th-century","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/product\/old-masters-engelbrecht-horse-racing-antique-print-germany-18th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Masters, Engelbrecht, Horse Racing, Antique Print, Germany, 18th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Engelbrecht and his brother Christian were printsellers and engravers in Augsburg, Germany. Martin engraved some plates after Rugendas and other masters. His other works included illustrations for Ovid\u2019s <strong>Metamorphoses<\/strong>, <strong>The War of Spanish Succession<\/strong>, and P. Decker&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Les Architectes Princiers<\/strong>, as well as other views, including 92 views of Venice. In about 1730, he created cards for miniature theaters depicting religious scenes or genre pictures of daily life that created a dimensional scene in one-point perspective when inserted into a peep box. Notably, he composed and etched a series of prints of workers and their dress, <strong>Assemblage Nouveau Des Manouvries Habilles<\/strong>, published at Augsburg, circa 1730. Some of his etchings of tradespeople and sportsmen are documentary or tell a story, with explanatory text or poems. Others are anthropomorphic inasmuch as the tradespeople are dressed by cleverly assembling respective trade objects that resemble clothing. Numerous examples of these are offered by George Glazer Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Publication credits: Cum Priv. S. C. Maj. M. Engelbrecht fec. et excud. A.V.<\/p>\n<p>Verses on bottom:<\/p>\n<p>Cernis ut in campo juvenes calearibus armos<br \/>\nQuadrupedum fodiant. Ardua causa subest.<br \/>\nUt placeant Nymphis agrestis, omnia tentant,<br \/>\nCurrentes stimulis fervidus urget amor.<br \/>\nVictor Olympiacis tulit olim praemia ludis;<br \/>\nHic quoque victorem praemia digna manent.<\/p>\n<p>[Rough translation:<\/p>\n<p>You can see that in the field of young men<br \/>\nSpurs digging into the shoulders of quadrupeds,<br \/>\nSteepness causes them to fall behind.<br \/>\nThe fields may please the Nymphs, all of them feel the rhythm,<br \/>\nRunning, blazing, the stings of love weighs more heavily.<br \/>\nThe Olympic victor once took away prizes;<br \/>\nHere, too, worthy of the rewards of a victor, they remain.]<\/p>\n<p>Halt ein! du reitest sonst den Karren. Gaul zu schanden.<br \/>\nSind ein vaar kandschuh dan dir lieber als dein Bferd?<br \/>\nSind zwen, dren Ehlen tuch so gro\u00dfen Enfers werth,<br \/>\nAls wohl die R\u00f6mer nicht auf ihrer Renn-Bahn fanden?<br \/>\nNun seh ich, was es gilt? Es bringt dir der Gewinn<br \/>\nZugleich die Lieb und Gunft der kolden Sch\u00e4ferin.<\/p>\n<p>[Rough translation:<\/p>\n<p>Stop! Otherwise you ride the cart. To shame the nag.<br \/>\nIs a pair of gloves worth more to you than your horse?<br \/>\nAre you worthy of such a large Ehlen cloth,<br \/>\nAs probably the Romans did not find on their racing track?<br \/>\nNow do I see what it is? It brings you the profit<br \/>\nAt the same time the love and affection of the golden shepherdess.]<\/p>\n<p>Condition: Generally very good, recently professionally cleaned and deacidified with the usual remaining light overall toning and wear.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e9n\u00e9zit, E. <em>Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs<\/em>. France: Librairie Gr\u00fcnd, 1966. Vol. 3, p. 582.<\/p>\n<p>McNiff, Megan. &#8220;Early Home Entertainment: Engelbrecht&#8217;s Miniature Theaters.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Houghton Library Blog, Harvard University.<\/em>\u00a014 August 2015. https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/houghton\/2015\/08\/14\/early-home-entertainment-engelbrechts-miniature-theatres\/ (19 June 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Williamson, George C., ed. <em>Bryan\u2019s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers<\/em>. London: G. Bell and Sons: 1930. Vol. 2, pp. 128-129.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) (artist and engraver)<br \/>\n<strong>Ludus Cursorius\/ Das Mett Nennen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>[Racing Game\/ To Call That a Bet]<\/strong><br \/>\nAugsburg: 2nd Quarter 18th Century<br \/>\nHand-colored engraving with stippling<br \/>\n13.25 x 18.75 inches, overall<br \/>\n11.5 x 7.5 inches, plate mark<br \/>\n$925<\/p>\n<p>Engraving on the theme of horse racing, illustrating two verses, one in Latin and one in German, which appear in the lower margin. The Latin verse, with allusions to antiquity and the Olympics, describes the action in the background, a horse race where riders are urging their horses up a steep hill to a cheering crowd. 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