Table fountain with Neptune and the sea voyage of Bacchus
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Table fountain with Neptune and the sea voyage of Bacchus
- Artist: Melchior Gelb (German, active 17th century)
- Date: ca. 1652/53
- Culture: German, Augsburg
- Medium: Silver (cast, embossed, chased, chiseled, partially gilded), sheet silver (cut)
- Dimensions: 23 1/4 × 7 15/16 × 11 5/16 in., 6.8 lb. (59 × 20.1 × 28.8 cm, 3.1 kg)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver-Miniature
- Credit Line: Sammlung Angewandte Kunst, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel,
Purchased with the support of Hessische Kulturstiftung, Hessisches
Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Kulturstiftung der
Länder, Bundesministerium des Innern, and Ernst von SiemensStiftung. Co-ownership of Ernst von Siemens Kunstfonds and
Bundesministerium des Innern - Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts