Standing Bishop
ca. 1510
Medium
Silver and silver gilt
Dimensions
Overall (without pin): 4 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (10.3 x 3.6 x 3 cm) with pin: 5 1/4in. (13.3cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
German
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Desmond Gerald Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Gift, 1987
Accession Number
1987.217
Tags
About the Artist
Hans von Reutlingen · 1465–1547
Hans von Reutlingen (c. 1465–after 1547), also known as Hans von Aich, was a master German goldsmith and seal engraver based in Aachen, a city renowned for its medieval craftsmanship at the Holy Roman Empire's heart. Born and trained locally amid the Rhineland's vibrant metalworking guilds, his early life remains sparsely documented, though he emerged as a journeyman by the late 1490s, securing ci...