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Otto Schäfer

Also known as: Otto Schäfer; primary name: Schäfer, Otto
Details: individual; collector; German; Male
Life dates: 1912-2000
Biography: Print and book collector, Schweinfurt. His collection of books formed one of the most important private libraries of the twentieth century. A foundation was created to house his collections - the Museum Otto Schäfer in Schweinfurt, which also now has collections of antique glass and decorative arts. His collection of Rembrandt etchings was sold at Sotheby's New York on 13 May 1993.

379 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.9 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.7 |
Producer name: BIOG26304 Drawn by:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1751

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0927.21 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Drawn by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1715-1790

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.8.a-b |
Producer name: BIOG25128 Drawn by:Claude Louis Desrais |
Production date: 1790

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.22 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Drawn by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1715-1790

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.17 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1771

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.12 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.10 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.15 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1771

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.16 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1771

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.19 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Drawn by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1784

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.11 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.14 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1771

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.20 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Drawn by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1784

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.13 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1997,0927.18 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1771

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.308 |
Producer name: BIOG44758 Print made by:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1780-1784

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.201 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1782

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.179 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1811-1813

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.197 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel |
Production date: 1788-1792

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.368 |
Producer name: BIOG37257 After:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.222 |
Producer name: Print made by:Noël Le MireAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.264 |
Producer name: BIOG22773 Print made by:Pierre Philippe Choffard |
Production date: 1754

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.324 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1757-1761

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.292 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.361 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Charles Louis Lingée |
Production date: 1776

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.301 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1770

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.290 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.159 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Noël Le Mire |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Louis Delignon |
Production date: 1765-1768

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emmanuel de GhendtAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1772

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.408 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de LaunayAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Louis Delignon |
Production date: 1767-1768

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas PonceAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1770

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.380 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Cosme GiraudAfter:Nicolas André Monsiau |
Production date: 1794-1795

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.74 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1772

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.127 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Nicolas de Launay |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.276 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin pèreAfter:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de LaunayAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.299 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPublished by:Charles Antoine Jombert |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Agriculture Almanach iconologique |
Museum number: 1997,0928.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean François RousseauAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1766

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.323 |
Producer name: Print made by:Noël Le MirePrint made by:Jean Jacques Aliamet |
Production date: 1756

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.257 |
Producer name: BIOG22773 Print made by:Pierre Philippe Choffard |
Production date: 1768

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.252 |
Producer name: BIOG22773 Print made by:Pierre Philippe Choffard |
Production date: 1767

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.393 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph de LongueilAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.177 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Isidor Stanislas Helman |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Title: Sagesse Mondaine |
Museum number: 1997,0928.337 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 After:Gravelot |
Production date: 1760-1780

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.317 |
Producer name: Print made by:Noël Le MireAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1756

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.357 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Louis Joseph Masquelier |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.394 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Michel HalbouAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.178 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1811-1813

print

Title: Livre d'animaux |
Museum number: 1997,0928.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1750-1766

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.384 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste Michel DupréelAfter:Nicolas André Monsiau |
Production date: 1798

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.269 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Tilliard |
Production date: 1774

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Louis LingéeAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.92 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1772

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert de LaunayAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1776

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.84 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1774

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.121 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Philippe Trière |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.85 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1774

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1997,0928.302 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1771

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.397 |
Producer name: Print made by:Denis NéeAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.93 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1772

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.82 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1772

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Denis NéeAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1774

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.412 |
Producer name: Print made by:Denis NéeAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emmanuel de GhendtAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Philippe ChoffardAfter:Charles Monnet |
Production date: 1768

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Denis NéeAfter:Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Title: Fausse Sagesse |
Museum number: 1997,0928.339 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre ChenuAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1770

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.305 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1780-1784

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.183 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.189 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Claude François Fortier |
Production date: 1788-1792

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.355 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Emmanuel de Ghendt |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.367 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Pierre Duflos |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Livre d'animaux |
Museum number: 1997,0928.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel HuquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1750-1766

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.282 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Print made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1749

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.147 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Louis Delignon |
Production date: 1785

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.419 |
Producer name: After:Charles EisenPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1770

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.199 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jacques Philippe Le Bas |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin pèreAfter:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.247 |
Producer name: After:François BoucherPrint made by:Pierre Quentin Chedel |
Production date: 1741

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.295 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.163 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Rémi Delvaux |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.359 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Denis Née |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.413 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph de LongueilAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1772-1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine RadiguesAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.97 |
Producer name: BIOG39372 Print made by:Jean Michel Moreau le jeune |
Production date: 1773

print

Title: Recueil de griffonnis, de vues, paysages, fragments antiques et sujets historiques |
Museum number: 1997,0928.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-NonAfter:Jean Baptiste Le Prince |
Production date: 1770-1780

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.271 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Benoît Louis Prévost |
Production date: 1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.409 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Michel HalbouAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis LegrandAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.258 |
Producer name: BIOG22773 Print made by:Pierre Philippe Choffard |
Production date: 1767-1771

print

Title: Premier livre de figures d'académies |
Museum number: 1997,0928.431 |
Producer name: After:Edme BouchardonPrint made by:Gabriel Huquier |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.267 |
Producer name: BIOG22773 Print made by:Pierre Philippe Choffard |
Production date: 1754

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.184 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.120 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Philippe Trière |
Production date: 1785-1805

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