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JOHANN DANIEL MEYER
(1713 Langenze near Fürth - 1752 Nurenberg)
The Melancholy of the Shepherd
Black chalk on thin woven paper laid down on thicker woven paper, 114
by 174 mm. Inscribed on the verso in black ink: „No 92“ and „Joh.
Daniel Meyer war ein großer Meister in Abbild. Von Pflanzen u.
Thieren, arbeit. In Nurnberg 1760“ (Joh. Daniel Meyer was very
skilled in depicting plants and animals, (he) worked in Nuremberg
in1760). Signed in brown ink “Meyer”.
Condition: Laid down on thicker woven paper (most likely in the 18th
century). The edges were cut off in order to achieve an octagonal
shape. Two smaller horizontal tears.
On this rather small format anatomically very precisely depicted
animals are gathered around the melancholic shepherd. The
Mediterranean atmosphere, with the scarcely dressed shepherd sitting
close to an antique base of a column, shows that Meyer was aware of
the pastoral scenes by artists from the Netherlands active in the
17th century, as for example, Nicolaes P. Berchem (1620 – 1683). |
