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The Orpheus Cup

Johann Wilhelm Baur | Hans Georg Bramer | Jan Vermeyen | Anonymous Viennese enamel painter

1641–42, the jeweled elements on the lid in the form of animals, amorini holding bow and quiver, and the statuettes of Orpheus and Diana, Prague, ca.1600

Medium

Gold, cast, embossed, and engraved; enamel, ronde-bosse and painted; rubies

Dimensions

confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 13 × 8.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2020

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Rights

Public Domain

About Johann Wilhelm Baur

1607–1642 • Germany

Comment on works: Landscapes; battles

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