Bergkristall-Pyramide
1653 datiert | Dionysio Miseroni
This "pyramid" is Dionysio Miseroni's supreme masterpiece. The massive base block rises on a hexagonal foot - an approximate hexafoil. A row of scales beneath the herm heads frame two visible sides decorated alternately with vine leaves and grapes. Four reducing cylindrical stemmed goblets stand on top of the base section, with a double-eagle lid on top. The maker cut all the top sections out of the large vase, with the broader cylinder in each case coming after the narrower one above in the work process. The technical bravura that made the "pyramid" one of the top mirabilia in the Viennese Schatzkammer (Treasury) thus owes its unusual design to its maker's technical virtuosity in the service of art. Not surprisingly, this is the only work he signed and dated.
This "pyramid" is Dionysio Miseroni's supreme masterpiece. The massive base block rises on a hexagonal foot - an approximate hexafoil. A row of scales beneath the herm heads frame two visible sides decorated alternately with vine leaves and grapes. Four reducing cylindrical stemmed goblets stand on top of the base section, with a double-eagle lid on top. The maker cut all the top sections out of the large vase, with the broader cylinder in each case coming after the narrower one above in the work process. The technical bravura that made the "pyramid" one of the top mirabilia in the Viennese Schatzkammer (Treasury) thus owes its unusual design to its maker's technical virtuosity in the service of art. Not surprisingly, this is the only work he signed and dated.
Artist:
Dionysio Miseroni , Steinschnitt (um 1607 Prag - 1661 Prag) DNB
Time:
1653 datiert
Object Name
Tafelaufsatz; Gefäß; Aufsatz
Culture
Prag
Material/technology:
Bergkristall; Fassung: Silber, vergoldet, Email
Dimensions:
Gesamthöhe (Untersatz + vier Aufsätze): 145,4 cm
Signed
DM
Inscribed
F III C A 1653 (Ferdinandus tertius Caesar Augustus)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 2251 bis 2254
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