German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / 17th century picture framing styles
German term or phrase:Aufsatzbekrönung
I'm struggling with texts for the Nikolaikirche musuem guide in Berlin, these have to be sand-blasted on glass pillars so need to be 100% on the nail! Aufsatzbekrönung, as far as I can gather, is the ornamentation on top of a pictorial epitaph, often carved out of wood - but what is it called in English?
Explanation: Description: Large reproduction, decorative, Gothic style mirror with floral decoration and crown surmount
Wood:
Type: Mirror
Size: 54 x 55 inches tall
Age: 20th Century
Price: £P.O.A.
Ref: 2335 http://www.desk.uk.com/stockresult.asp?stock=18#http://www.a...
Attributed to George Engleheart (1750-1829)
Portrait of Lord Farnborough wearing a blue coat and white stock
Inscribed on backing plate Ld Farnborough .... of Sarah Long who m. George William Prescott - Bart.
Oval in a gilt brass frame with crown surmount
43 x 35mm
Lord Farnborough was Charles Long of Hurts Hall. George William Prescott was father of William Willoughby Prescott who married Harriott Blackmore daughter of Thomas Blackmore.
For George IV, Wyatt made three special ‘Admiral frames' for £135 in 1808 for portraits of contemporary naval heroes, with the carved corner ornaments of dolphins, anchors, coral and sprigs of oak for four frames costing £260, as well as framing other pictures from 1811 until 1830, including in 1825 a picture by William Collins, and in 1830 pictures by James Northcote and the late Sir Thomas Lawrence (Millar 1969 p.xxxi, nos 708, 849, 912, 974, 1024, etc). Wyatt also made a rich gilt composition frame, surmounted by a crown, with a bishop's mitre below, for an engraving of Hoppner's Dr William Markham which was a gift from George IV to Lady Mansfield (Christie's 24 May 2007, Scone Palace and Blairquhan sale, lot 387).
Hi Helen - as I explained in the other thread, that's all I have! It's a list of phrases to be engraved on a glass pillar in a museum! Aufsatzbekrönung vom Bildepitaph für Johann von Kötteritz. 1534 - 12.1.1609. Kurfürstlicher Rat, und seine Ehefrau Caritas, geb. Distelmeyer 23.7.1554 - 1615....crown surmount sounds very good, actually. I'll wait and see if this extra info is useful for you, otherwise I think you may have found the solution. Thanks
Explanation: Description: Large reproduction, decorative, Gothic style mirror with floral decoration and crown surmount
Wood:
Type: Mirror
Size: 54 x 55 inches tall
Age: 20th Century
Price: £P.O.A.
Ref: 2335 http://www.desk.uk.com/stockresult.asp?stock=18#http://www.a...
Attributed to George Engleheart (1750-1829)
Portrait of Lord Farnborough wearing a blue coat and white stock
Inscribed on backing plate Ld Farnborough .... of Sarah Long who m. George William Prescott - Bart.
Oval in a gilt brass frame with crown surmount
43 x 35mm
Lord Farnborough was Charles Long of Hurts Hall. George William Prescott was father of William Willoughby Prescott who married Harriott Blackmore daughter of Thomas Blackmore.
For George IV, Wyatt made three special ‘Admiral frames' for £135 in 1808 for portraits of contemporary naval heroes, with the carved corner ornaments of dolphins, anchors, coral and sprigs of oak for four frames costing £260, as well as framing other pictures from 1811 until 1830, including in 1825 a picture by William Collins, and in 1830 pictures by James Northcote and the late Sir Thomas Lawrence (Millar 1969 p.xxxi, nos 708, 849, 912, 974, 1024, etc). Wyatt also made a rich gilt composition frame, surmounted by a crown, with a bishop's mitre below, for an engraving of Hoppner's Dr William Markham which was a gift from George IV to Lady Mansfield (Christie's 24 May 2007, Scone Palace and Blairquhan sale, lot 387).
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