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Perseus and Andromeda

Panel
1607-1608 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lehmann, Caspar (engraver (inciser))
Place of origin
Dresden (made)
Prague (Made)

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

Categories
ELISE
Images Online
Glass
Object type
Panel
TitlePerseus and Andromeda
Materials and techniques
Glass, wheel-engraved, with a lead came surround
Glass
Wheel-Engraving
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.0cm
  • Greatest width width: 19.7cm
  • Depth: 1cm
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.)
Translation
the initials of Kurfürst Christian II of Saxony and his wife Hedwig of Denmark
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.
Subjects depicted
Coat of Arms
Perseus
Andromeda
Rescue of Andromeda
Literary referenceOvid, <font -i>Metamorphoses</font>
Bibliographic references
  • see catalouge notes (by Robert Charleston) to Christie's London sale 3 June 1986, Lots 232-237, and also Olga Drahotova, 'Comments on Caspar Lehmann ...', Journal of Glass Studies (1981), p. 34-45.
  • Jutta Kappel, 'Der kaiserliche Glas- und Edelsteinschneider Caspar Lehman (Uelzen 1563/65-Prag 1622)' in: Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden 1993, Dresden 1997, p. 37-38 & fig. 7
Other number
8751 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
6940-1860

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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