Memories

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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This watercolour is an allegory of the arts commissioned by the Buhler family of Berne. Alongside the attributes of painting, sculpture and architecture, the intricate gothic design includes the Swiss city’s heraldic bear and key landmarks. The composition emulates the illuminated capitals of medieval manuscripts. The mottoes placed in the lower margin are by Ludwig I of Bavaria and the poet Emanuel Gaibel, amongst others.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

Memories

Date

1873

Medium

watercolour, pencil & gold gouache on paper

Measurements

H 32.6 x W 44 cm

Accession number

2005.6

Acquisition method

purchased, 2005

Work type

Drawing & watercolour

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