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Samuel Bottschild (
1640-1707)
German painter,
draughtsman, graphic artist and writer on art. born in Sangerhausen in Thuringen and from an
important artists family from the 16th and 17th century. He was a son and
pupil of Andreas Bottschild II (c. 1590-1657), a painter and engraver, who
decorated churches in Sangerhausen. Samuel had further training with his brother
Johann Andreas Bottschild (b 1630; d after 1670), with whom he went to Saxony.
In 1658-61 they worked jointly on gallery paintings of 19 scenes from the
Passion in the Dorfkirche at Hohnstädt, near Leipzig. The decorations for the
banqueting hall of Schloss Rötha, near Leipzig (c. 1668-70) were
Bottschild's first complete programme of mythological themes. At Rötha he also
completed two group portraits of the female and male lines of the Friesen
family.
Noted is a group of engravings showing his works from 1693. The etchings below
come from this group, dating from 1693.
The four times of the day
19 by 20 cm
(In a full sheet of 29 by 36 cm)
On marvellous thin
but very strong laid paper from the 17th century
with a large beautifully detailed watermark (a snake twisted around a
cross and heraldic emblem below)
Angels and Archangels
A group of four
29 by 22 cm
(In a full sheet of 36 by 29 cm)
On marvellous thin
but very strong laid paper from the 17th century
with a large beautifully detailed watermark (a snake twisted around a
cross and heraldic emblem below)
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