Double Cup
Caspar Beutmüller moved from Venice to Nuremberg in 1585, where he became a master goldsmith and a citizen of the city. He made this cup in about 1590-1600. He apparently kept it in his household until he sold and marked it three years before his death.
Artwork Details
- Title: Double Cup
- Artist: Caspar Beutmüller the Elder
- Date: 1590–1600
- Geography: Made in Nuremberg, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Silver, partially gilded, with a silver medallion and a gold glass medallion
- Dimensions: Overall: 16 9/16 x 5 3/8 in. (42.1 x 13.7 cm)
cup (a): 9 x 5 3/8 in. (22.9 x 13.7 cm)
cup (b): 9 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. (23.2 x 13.5 cm)
diam. of medallion (a): 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
diam. of medallion (b): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) - Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.609a, b
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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Returned to lender
Caspar Beutmüller the Elder
1603-1609
German
ca. 1425–50
Mattheus Epfenhauser
1574/1575
German
ca. 1400
German
ca. 1500
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