Johann Schaper

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Figure 221: Beaker painted in two tones of black enamel (Schwarzlotmalerei) by Johann Schaper. Nurnberg, 1664. In the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Height 8.9 cm.

Johann Schaper

German artist

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pottery
Tin-glazed ware
…and is the work of Johann Schaper (died 1670), who had been a Nürnberg glass painter, J.L. Faber, and others. Polychrome enamel decoration was developed by another glass painter, Abraham Helmhack (1654–1724), who mastered the technique as early as 1690, many years before it was adopted by the factories. The…
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…and is the work of Johann Schaper (died 1670), who had been a Nürnberg glass painter, J.L. Faber, and others. Polychrome enamel decoration was developed by another glass painter, Abraham Helmhack (1654–1724), who mastered the technique as early as 1690, many years before it was adopted by the factories. The…
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glassware
Germany
…artist of this school was Johann Schaper, who painted delicate architectural and landscape compositions in which a fine point was used to etch in details. The best of Schaper’s followers were J.L. Faber, Hermann Bencherlt, Johann Keyll, and Abraham Helmhack, but none of them equalled him in artistic competence. Comparable…
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…artist of this school was Johann Schaper, who painted delicate architectural and landscape compositions in which a fine point was used to etch in details. The best of Schaper’s followers were J.L. Faber, Hermann Bencherlt, Johann Keyll, and Abraham Helmhack, but none of them equalled him in artistic competence. Comparable…
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