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Chalice

Lost Art-ID
459573
Title
Chalice
Dating
1508
Object type
Vessel
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) ; Metal (Gold) ; Enamel / gilded
Measures
H: 20,3 cm; H. Kelch: 15,4 cm; Dm Fuß: 10,7 cm
Description

Sixfoil-shaped foot with tow snall round relief plates: God the Father with the crucifix, and the crucifix between Mary and John. Depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ. Rhombic node with blue enamel inscription: IHESUS, underneath on the stem: Cristu, above IHESUS in gothic majuscules. Engraving on the inner edge of the foot Caspar Jhenighen vicarius 1508. The name Jenichen is mentioned several times in the decades around 1500 in Dresden.

Provenance
Until May 1945, the object was kept in the Dresden City Hall (seat of the Dresden City Museum). It was stored there together with the other handicraft exhibits of the museum - packed in boxes - in the cellar. Lost since the end of the war.
Literature / Source
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Die Kunstdenkmäler Dresdens. Heft XXI, XXII und XXIII der Beschreibenden Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, Dresden 1903, Heft 21, S. 300, Fig. 205; Holzhausen, Walter /Kesting, Edmund: Prachtgefäße, Geschmeide, Kabinettstücke. Goldschmiedekunst in Dresden, Tübingen 1966, S. L, Nr. 10.
Published since
Contact
Christina Ludwig
Direktorin
Phone
+49 (0) 351 488 73 50
E-Mail
christina.ludwig@museen-dresden.de
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