Mythological hunting scene. Atalantha & Meleager. - Embossed Gilt Leather|GOUDLEER

Embossed gilt leather, Jacob & Abraham ‘De Gecroonde Son’ Hamer.- 1660 Or ‘De Vergulde Roemer’ Pieter van Dam, Jacob van Ipen, Pieter Potter. Mythological hunting scene. Atalanta & Meleager.- Amsterdam-based firms.- Two original 17th c. pendant panels of 'verheven leer' or gilt embossed leather [the embossing executed with the help of metal plates carrying the image], measuring 72 x 60 cm each, on which the motif of Atalanta (accompanied by a nymph) and Meleager hunting down the wild boar roaming the Caledonia forest. Meleager offers the boar's head to Atalanta, electing her Queen of the hunt. The embossed leather is applied with silver and double varnished [with a sandarac varnish] in gold, resulting in a beautiful soft brown-golden hue. The 3 central figures, the birds, flowers, fruits and plants, grapes, hunting dogs, stags, huntsmen, and the boar, are a… [Auteur: Embossed Gilt Leather|GOUDLEER] [Uitgever: Amsterdam, Jacob & Abraham Hamer] [Titel: Mythological hunting scene. Atalantha & Meleager.]