Vischer family; Vischer, Peter, 1487-1528; Vischer, Peter, approximately 1455-1529
Cathedral, Prague.
TOMB-PLATE OF DUCHESS HELENE OF MECKLENBURG (Heraldic).
Cathedral, Schwerin, 1528.
TOMB OF ST. SEBALD. Described in Chap. IV. Signed, see p. 44. Made with
the aid of his five sons. What share is due to each we have
discussed in the text.
St. Sebalduskirche, Nuremberg, 1508-1519.
RATHAUS RAILING. By Peter Vischer and his sons, notably Hermann, Peter
and Hans. Formerly in the Rathaus, Nuremberg. Destroyed 1806.
1515.
PETER VISCHER THE YOUNGER
MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF HIS BROTHER HERMANN. Inscription,
“HERMANUS·VISCHER·M·CCCCCVII.”
1507.
MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF. Inscription, “EGO PETR’[TN2] VISCHER MEUS
ALTER. 22 ANO 1509.”
1509.
MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF HERMANN VISCHER. Inscription, “HERMAN’[TN2]
VISCHER. AN. 1511.”
KING ARTHUR, TOMB OF MAXIMILIAN.
Innsbruck 1513.
INKSTAND. (α) Vase decorated with medallion heads and scroll work
between which is repeated the emblem of the two fish, back to back,
impaled with a dagger. A female figure, helmeted, stands by the
vase, pointing to herself. A skull is thrust backward by her right
foot. Against the vase rests a shield of quadrate form, and on the
ground is a club and a label with the motto VITAM NON MORTEM
RECOGITA, inscribed in relief.
Fortnum Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1510(?).
INKSTAND. (β) A female figure, pointing upwards, rests on an oviform
vase. A round shield and sword lie upon the ground, behind the
figure and vase. In the foreground is a skull. Against the vase
rests a tablet on which runs the motto: VITAM NON MORTEM RECOGITA.
Beneath these words is the emblem of the two fishes, back to back,
impaled, with the initials P.V. The date, 1525, incised with emblem
of cross and hook, on the base.
Fortnum Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1525.
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. Plaquette (Bas-Relief) In the Collection of M.
Dreyfus.
Paris, 1515(?)
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. Plaquette (Bas-Relief).
Berlin Museum, 1520 (circ.).
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. Plaquette, as above.
Museum, Hamburg, 1520 (circ.).
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. Plaquette, as above.
Institution of St. Paul, Carinthia, 1520 (circ.).
All four plaquettes carry the sign of two fish back to back pierced by a
nail.
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