Slavete Omnes,
From British Museum, under Creative Commons licence, comes this XVI century print by the German printmaker Jost Amman, who frequently drew and printed images of the Ottoman warriors and soldiers.
It comes from this print, lavishly published by Jost Amman, and the British institution has only this etching. The etching shows some episode from the Ottoman wars in Hungarian Kingdom of the 1520-30s. .
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| translation from German - via Google translate |
Salvete Omnes,
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| Mars |
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| Marcus Curtius |
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| it reminds me of Rawicz coat of arms |
Audaces Fortuna juvat
and a period curb-bit from the Fortuna print
enjoy
Valete
Salvete Omnes
Bavarian artist Johann Lorenz Rugendas (1775-1826) executed a drawing that his workshop converted into a etching and printed- the National Museum at Krakow has the print, and graciously allows for study and enjoyment via their Digital Collections.
The subject of this print is last elected king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanislaw August (Poniatowski), (s)elected in November 1764, with the strong Russian 'bayonet and musket' presence, This last election followed the short war between the national, conservative Sarmatian faction and the Progressive faction with Russian Imperial army in the vanguard. The war was atrocious on many levels, showing the complete ruination of the Polish Crown army, while the Lithuanian army, under the command of grand hetman Massalski, was told to stand aside, in exchange for large sum of money given to the grand hetman, while Progressive-allied Russian Imperial army marched into the Kingdom. It was during that war when the castle of Neswiez, the seat of Radziwill family then headed by Karol Radziwil 'Panie Kochanku', was plundered of its fabulous art and riches collections for the first time by the Russians (second will be in 1812). Withing the Royal Crown army only the Tatar Ulan regiments, that had freshly marched from Saxony and the Seven Years War's fields, showed themselves capable of any military action and order, while very ancient Crown grand Hetman Branicki was beyond any help as a military commander and leader.
In my opinion (and many historians), this ruler was to be one of the worst politicians ever on the Polish throne, being weak, afraid of this former lover empress Catherine the Great of Russia, and always pursuing pleasures of life while borrowing money for his expensive ideas and projects, especially art collections.
Ad rem, the mount of the monarch is white or grey - with the usual horse tack of this period, the 1760s.
their horse also is bitted with a double rein bridle, but the rosette in its forehead perhaps indicated both Polish and Hungarian bridle tradition.
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
a short entry to this extraordinary Stammbuch of Andreas Huber - a mix of gouaches and woodcuts (of Jost Amman's workshop) from 1584 or the last quarter of the XVI century. Held at the Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (FR of Germany)- follow this this link.
enjoy
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caveat -
the war between Russian Federation and the West being fought in Ukraine, with horrendous losses to the people of that poor country, has just gotten darker and more dangerous - Russians fired a new type of a hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine - prof. Ted Postol talks about this development with US Army colonel(retired) Daniel Davis (on his Yt channel) . Our world is moving closer to a nuclear war?
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Salvete Omnes,
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| this image makes a very interesting idea for a watercolor or drawing |
Long time ago I posted some woodcuts from meister Jost Amman's workshop. They were depicting horse care and everyday grooms and horse handlers & drivers.
Today, different but very interesting woodcuts from Jost Amman - including depictions of Mars, Aurora & Apollo.
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Salvete Omnes,
having started with Franz Roubaud and his equestrian art I have decided to continue with his Munich education and other topics, as they interconnect with the Munich Academy, and allow me to bring forward some fine artists who taught and practiced their art in the sunny capital of Bavarian Kingdom in its glory days.
ad rem, his Munich academy teachers:
von Piloty
Seitz
von Diez
Franz continued his studies at Munich until money run out , and in spite of the fact that he was one of the most promising students there (Piloty issued a official diploma in 1880, with a note invoking an urgent need for this disciple's financial support, which failed to materialize), so our young artists left for Odessa to make some more money there.
He would be back in Munich at the end of 1881, and this time he joins the Polish artists circle, with Jozef Brandt at its helm.
Nota bene a very large scan of one of his paintings.
to be continued
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