Perseus and Andromeda
Panel
1607-1608 (made)
1607-1608 (made)
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Rectangular glass panel, wheel-engraved with a mythological scene of Persues rescuing Andromeda from a dragon. The lead came surround is a later addition.
Object details
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| Title | Perseus and Andromeda |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, wheel-engraved, with a lead came surround |
| Brief description | Glass panel, wheel-engraved by Caspar Lehmann, probably Bohemia (Prague), possibly Germany (Dresden), 1607-1611 |
| Physical description | Rectangular glass panel, wheel-engraved with a mythological scene of Persues rescuing Andromeda from a dragon. The lead came surround is a later addition. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | C H (owner's mark; Roman; top left and right hand corners; engraved
Christian II of Saxony and his wife Hedwig of Denmark were married in 1602.)
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| Gallery label | One from a group of five panels engraved with the initals or arms of the Elector Christian II of Saxony and his wife Hedwig, daughter of Frederick II of Denmark, and thought to have been intended for the Vittums Palais of Frederick II of Denmark in Husum. Lehmann left Prague for Saxony in 1606, remaining there until 1608, and it is likely that the group dates from these years. Probably they are connected with a payment made to Lehmann in Dresden in March 1608 for '5 engraved glasses, of which - the largest - is engraved with the Saxon and Danish arms'. The subject of Perseus and Andromeda here was taken from an edition of Ovid published at Cologne in 1607. |
| Credit line | Given by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. |
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| Literary reference | Ovid, <font -i>Metamorphoses</font> |
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| Other number | 8751 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | 6940-1860 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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