Box Lid with Centaur
1525 | Meister der Dosenköpfe
Portrait of the Elector in a Round Box Two flat round boxes feature portrait roundels of Duke Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, and his mistress, Anna. The reliefs celebrate their secret relationship, revealed only to those allowed to open the boxes. The centaur on the lid is probably a reference to Frederick’s virility, the siren-like creature on the other lid to Anna’s seductive charms.
Portrait of the Elector in a Round Box Two flat round boxes feature portrait roundels of Duke Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, and his mistress, Anna. The reliefs celebrate their secret relationship, revealed only to those allowed to open the boxes. The centaur on the lid is probably a reference to Frederick’s virility, the siren-like creature on the other lid to Anna’s seductive charms.
Artist:
Meister der Dosenköpfe (tätig um 1525)
previously attributed to:
Hans Adolph Daucher (1486 Ulm - 1538 Stuttgart) DNB
Time:
1525
Object Name
Box; Relief
Culture
Nuremberg (?)
Material/technology:
Nut and pear woods
Dimensions:
22 cm × 5 cm × 69 cm
Inscribed
"das gehort ybern herzog Friedrich von Saxsen"; "Fyt stoos den elder" (RS) (mit Bleistift)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3878