Beaker with three scenes from the Story of Tobit
1653, with later inscriptions
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
Dutch, Enkhuizen
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Accession Number
40.54
Tags
About the Artist
Jan van de Velde II|Hendrick Goudt|Adam Elsheimer|Moses van Uyttenbroeck|Jan van de Velde II · 1593–1641
Jan van de Velde II (1593–1641) was one of the most accomplished Dutch printmakers and draughtsmen of the early seventeenth century, born in Haarlem into a dynasty of celebrated calligraphers and artists. His father, Jan van de Velde I, was a renowned writing master, and his cousin Willem van de Velde the Elder would later become a distinguished marine painter. Jan II studied engraving under Jacob...