Lot 19: Martin Lang , Schaffhausen 1546 - after 1607 Speyer the arms of esslinger zu rottwil flanked by telamons; and a design for the tomb of Bernhardin peyer im hof and Agatha unmuth, Swiss school, circa 1596 a) Pen and black ink; vertical crease; signed

a) Pen and black ink; vertical crease; signed with initials, inscribed and dated, lower center in black wash: Marcus Esslinger desz keyserliche / Hofgerichts Procurator zu Rotwyl / 1568. ML ; with color notes in black ink; bears numbering in black ink, verso : ...7 b) Pen and black ink and gray wash; vertical and horizontal crease Quantity: 2

measurements note a) 321 by 216 mm; b) 328 by 203 mm

a) Zürich, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Alte Glasmalerei der Schweiz, 1945/6, catalogue by W. Hugelshofer, no. 267, as Daniel Lang

a) F. Thöne, Daniel Lindtmayer 1552-1606/7, Zürich/Munich 1969, fig. 492

a) D. Schindler (L.793);
Paravicini, Basel;
with P. Ganz, Basel, 1921

The design dated 1568, made for court procurator Marcus Esslinger, must be by the relatively little known Martin Lang, who was the brother of Daniel (see lot 10 above). It also reflects motifs derived from the work of Tobias Stimmer. The second, anonymous drawing contains the arms of Bernhardin Peyer im Hof, who died in 1582 and Agatha Unmuth from Überlingen, who died in 1596. It relates directly to the couple's tomb, preserved in the cloister of the Church of Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen. The monument was already being planned in 1582, but on stylistic grounds, the design must, however, date from the later 1590s. The tomb was sculpted by the stonemason Hans Windler, but the author of the design remains uncertain. It could perhaps be by either Daniel or Hans Caspar Lang. As a design for a sculptural work of the late 16th Century, it is a rarity.