ca. 1560, Artist: Caspar Ulich
Handstones are samples of rock or ore that have been artistically altered or augmented; mining scenes are generally combined with religious subjects. In the princely Kunstkammer, handstones symbolized the natural wealth of a country, but were also prototypical demonstrations of the bond between nature and art. The group preserved from the collection of Archduke Ferdinand II is today the most significant of its kind worldwide.
Handstone
Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal)
ca. 1560
Caspar Ulich (nachweisbar 1555 - 1576 St. Joachimsthal)
Acanthite, gilded silver
H. 31,7 cm
CV
"PLVS OVLTRA"; "FATA DABVNT AQVILAM TE GALLVM VINCERE POSSE * REGNET AVIS CHRISTI NE MODO LAEDAT OVES"
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Kunstkammer, 4148
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