{"product_id":"cornelis-bos-engraving-from-the-collection-of-sir-joshua-reynolds-copy-2","title":"Hans Sebald Beham Floral Engraving from the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds","description":"\u003cp\u003eFloral Roundel Engraving by \u003cstrong\u003eHans Sebald Beham.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHans Sebald Beham\u003c\/strong\u003e (1500–1550) was a prolific German Renaissance engraver and printmaker, celebrated for his finely detailed miniature prints, genre scenes, and ornament designs, and a leading figure among the \"Little Masters\" of post-Dürer Nuremberg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is design number four of a set of six. This engraving has an unusually exciting provenance: it is documented as having come from the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), with an inventory number on the back. It came with some other engravings by \u003cstrong\u003eCornelius Bos\u003c\/strong\u003e stamped with his inventory mark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Joshua Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e (1723–1792) was the leading Georgian portraitist and first President of the Royal Academy, an erudite collector who amassed a vast library and collection of Old Master prints and engravings that he mined as studio reference, many later dispersed in a major posthumous estate sale (the biggest being in 1795) and identifiable today by the distinctive collector’s stamp applied to the versos of his prints and drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterestingly enough, they were collated on a sheet with 4 other engravings and came with a note mentioning '\u003cstrong\u003eSir Richard Westmacott\u003c\/strong\u003e the Sculptor', so perhaps we can assume they were bought from the studio sale by him, aged approximately 20\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Westmacott \u003c\/strong\u003e(1775–1856) was a leading British Neoclassical sculptor, famed for monumental public works such as the Achilles in Hyde Park and the British Museum pediment, and a prominent Royal Academician and professor of sculpture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize approx 4.5 cms diameter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrame approx 17.5 x 17.5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood condition especially for its age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you are interested in buying all three please contact me for a special price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MADDEN \u0026 MCHUGH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53946103169347,"sku":null,"price":345.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/7484\/6275\/files\/Hans-Sebald-Beham-floral-engraving-framed.jpg?v=1764681867","url":"https:\/\/www.maddenandmchugh.com\/products\/cornelis-bos-engraving-from-the-collection-of-sir-joshua-reynolds-copy-2","provider":"MADDEN \u0026 MCHUGH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}