Adoration of the Child
dated 1609 | Zacharias Lencker
The imagery of antiquity, mythology and history was dominant in the Prague Kunstkammer. Few reliefs were based on Christian themes, which were more likely to be used in devotional images for chapels and oratories. These two reliefs come from Augsburg, then one of Europe’s leading centres of goldsmiths’ art. A Free Imperial City, it supplied the courts of Europe with high-quality works in gold and silver.
The imagery of antiquity, mythology and history was dominant in the Prague Kunstkammer. Few reliefs were based on Christian themes, which were more likely to be used in devotional images for chapels and oratories. These two reliefs come from Augsburg, then one of Europe’s leading centres of goldsmiths’ art. A Free Imperial City, it supplied the courts of Europe with high-quality works in gold and silver.
Artist:
Zacharias Lencker (1560 Augsburg - 1612 Brixen) DNB
Workshop:
Christoph Lencker (1556 Ludwigsorget - 1613 Augsburg) DNB
Time:
dated 1609
Object Name
Relief; devotional picture
Culture
Augsburg
Material/technology:
Silver, wood
Dimensions:
H. 34,5 (26,3) cm, B. 27,4 (19) cm
Signed
ZL
Inscribed
"INRI"
Stamp / markings
Augsburger Pyr (Sel 32); R 3, Nr.412, R 3, Nr.413
Seling 2007: MZ 993q, Gesellensignatur des Zacharias Lencker (MZ 994b), BZ 0200
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 1192