Mathematical Instrument Chest of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Mathematical Instrument Chest of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- Maker: Johann Heinrich Burchart (German (Hamburg, probably), 1600–1699)
- Date: 1686
- Culture: German, Hamburg
- Medium: Case: walnut wood, velvet, brass (gilded); instruments: brass (gilded), steel, glass, wood
- Dimensions: 13 × 21 5/8 × 13 3/16 in., 44.1 lb. (33 × 55 × 33.5 cm, 20 kg)
Proportional compass: 1 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (3.2 × 31 cm)
Holland circle: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Gunner's level: 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm) - Classifications: boxes, Implements, Woodwork
- Credit Line: Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett, Museumslandschaft Hessen
Kassel - Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts