Caption

Crystal knob of the hetman's mace of Jan III Sobieski, ca. 1665. Drawing on paper glued across the entire surface onto a cardboard of similar dimensions, which is glued with its upper edge onto another cardboard. Pen-and-ink or drawing, 1830–1884. Subject/motifs: Jan III Sobieski King of Poland, 1629–1696; craft and artistic craftsmanship; maces; iconography of Jan III Sobieski; military/weapons, old weapons; sobiesciana. Creator: Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman/author. Dimensions — drawing/card: height 9.4 cm, width 15.4 cm; cardboard: height 35.9 cm, width 25.8 cm. Inscriptions/provenance note: gift; references Jan III Sobieski., A drawing divided into two panels showing decorative objects with curved, scalloped forms; the left panel depicts a rosette-like object with a central circular element surrounded by petal-shaped segments and scalloped edges, rendered in yellow-golden tones with red and green accents set against white and gray shaded folds, while the right panel shows a bulbous, urn-like top with diagonal ribbing and scattered floral medallions, colored in white and gray with yellow-golden highlights and red and green accents atop a short golden shaft; the background is a warm beige paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_112

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Keywords

Crystal knob hetman's mace Jan III Sobieski ca 1665 Drawing paper glued across entire surface cardboard dimensions upper edge another cardboard Pen- -ink drawing 1830–1884 Subject motifs Jan III Sobieski King Poland 1629–1696 craft artistic craftsmanship maces iconography military weapons old weapons sobiesciana Creator Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman author Dimensions card height 9.4 cm width 15.4 cm 35.9 cm width 25.8 cm Inscriptions provenance note gift references Jan III Sobieski drawing divided two panels showing decorative objects curved scalloped forms left panel depicts rosette- object central circular element surrounded petal-shaped segments scalloped edges rendered yellow-golden tones red green accents set white gray shaded folds right panel bulbous urn- top diagonal ribbing scattered floral medallions colored yellow-golden highlights green accents atop short golden shaft background warm beige paper.