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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Panel

1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lehmann, Caspar (engraver (inciser))
Place of origin
Prague (made)

Rectangular glass panel, wheel-engraved with a dog barking at a cat in a tree, surrounded by fruit. The lead came surround is a later addition.


Object details

Categories
Glass
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Glass, wheel-engraved, with a lead came surround
Glass
Wheel-Engraving
Brief description
Glass panel, wheel-engraved by Caspar Lehmann, Bohemia (Prague), dated 1620
Physical description
Rectangular glass panel, wheel-engraved with a dog barking at a cat in a tree, surrounded by fruit. The lead came surround is a later addition.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.0cm
  • Greatest width width: 19.7cm
  • Depth: 1cm
Credit line
Given by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Object history
This panel, together with two similar panels by Casper Lehmann were presented to the South Kensington Museum in 1860 by Prince Albert, His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Production
dated 1620
Subjects depicted
Tree
Dog (Animal)
Cat
Bibliographic references
  • 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. (for object 6940-1860) and p. 42 & fig. 13. (for object 6938-1860).
  • A WHEEL-ENGRAVED PANEL OF EUROPA AND THE BULL, BY CASPAR LEHMANN, DRESDEN OR PRAGUE, CIRCA 1608 Auctioned by Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, The Muhleib Collection of European Glass, LOT 31 2 May 2013. This panel is one of a series executed by Caspar Lehmann either in Prague or Dresden during the first two decades of the 17th century (five of which, dated to 1605-1620, were sold at Christie's, 3 June 1986, lots 232-237).
Other number
8750 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
6939-1860

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Record createdOctober 4, 2000
Record URL
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