GCR

GCR

Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Layered Narratives: The Northern Renaissance Gallery

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

30 documented works

Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Charles V

Hans Daucher

Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Charles V

ca. 1522

Honestone (Jurassic limestone), traces of gilding

Overall (confirmed): 11 1/8 × 18 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (28.3 × 46.8 × 4.4 cm)

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Barbara Reihing

Hans Kels the Younger

Barbara Reihing

1538

Boxwood

Diam. 2-1/8 in. (5.4 cm)

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Nuremberg church-warden Hieronymus Paumgartner (1497–1565)

Joachim Deschler

Nuremberg church-warden Hieronymus Paumgartner (1497–1565)

1553

Bronze

Diameter (Confirmed): 2 5/8 in. × 7/16 in. (66.8 × 10.6 mm)

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Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Pieter Claesz

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

1628

Oil on wood

9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm)

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Ship (Nef)

Esias zur Linden

Ship (Nef)

ca. 1609–20

Partly gilded silver

wt. confirmed: 19 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 8 1/2 in., 26.453oz. (49.5 × 7.9 × 21.6 cm, 750g)

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Crowning with Thorns

Crowning with Thorns

1520–30

Silver, lampworked glass, enamel, gold

Overall (confirmed): 2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (6.2 × 4.4 cm)

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The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Albrecht Dürer

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

ca. 1498

Black ink on carved pearwood

15 1/2 × 11 1/8 × 1 in. (39.4 × 28.3 × 2.6 cm)

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Mortar

Wenzel Jamnitzer

Mortar

ca. 1550

Bronze

diameter at rim, wt. confirmed: 4 15/16 × 6 1/2 in., 51.142oz. (12.5 × 16.5 cm, 1450g)

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Healing of the Paralyzed Man at Capernaum (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ)

Jan Rombouts

Healing of the Paralyzed Man at Capernaum (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ)

ca. 1525–30

Stained glass

Overall: 26 × 19 3/8 in. (66 × 49.2 cm); Framed (confirmed): 22 7/8 × 17 3/4 × 3/8 in. (58.1 × 45.1 × 0.9 cm)

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The New and the Old Dispensations

The New and the Old Dispensations

1538

Stained glass

Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

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Saint Sebastian

Master of the Furies

Saint Sebastian

17th century

Ivory; kingwood socle

Overall: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm) (without wooden socle)

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Cup with cover

Cup with cover

ca. 1560–70

Rock crystal, partly gilded silver mounts

H. with cover 9-1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diam. 3-1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

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The Triumph of Poverty (one of a series)

The Triumph of Poverty (one of a series)

last quarter 16th century

Bronze

H. 2 5/8 x W. 5 in. (6.7 x 12.7 cm.)

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Pietà

Hubert Gerhard

Pietà

after 1595

Bronze

Overall (confirmed): 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (29.5 × 16.5 × 19.1 cm)

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Chalice

Otto Meier

Chalice

1608, with later restorations

Gold, enamel, gemstones

Overall: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)

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Bottoms-up cup or stirrup cup (Sturzbecher)

Bottoms-up cup or stirrup cup (Sturzbecher)

ca. 1550–70

Salt-glazed stoneware

Height: 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm)

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Chess and backgammon game board

Georg Schreiber

Chess and backgammon game board

17th century

Amber, ivory, brass, gold foil, ebony

Overall (closed, confirmed): 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3 in. (31.8 × 31.8 × 7.6 cm); Overall (open, confirmed): 24 3/8 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (61.9 × 31.8 × 3.8 cm)

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Cup in the form of a lark

Cup in the form of a lark

17th century

Gilded silver

Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

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Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona

Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.)

weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 4 in. × 17 ft. 9 in., 173 lb. (436.9 × 541 cm, 78.5 kg)

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Small pomander with six sections

Small pomander with six sections

first half 17th century

Silver, parcel-gilt

Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

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Justice

Justice

late 16th centuy

Gold, partly enameled, set with diamonds and emeralds; pearls

Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 in. (11 × 7.6 cm)

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Pendant in the form of a swan

Pendant in the form of a swan

16th century

Gold, partly enameled; pearls

Overall (with chain): 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 × 13/16 in. (6.4 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm)

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Casket

Wenzel Jamnitzer

Casket

late 16th–early 17th century

Gilded yellow metal, silver

Overall: 9 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (22.9 × 24.8 × 21 cm)

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Ewer

Ewer

16th century

Glass: latticino

Overall: 10 3/4 × 6 5/16 in. (27.3 × 16 cm)

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Personification of Europe

Personification of Europe

1580–90

Lead, with traces of gilding

Diameter: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

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Bather

Bather

late 16th–early 17th century

Bronze

Wt. on base, confirmed: 11 3/4 in., 7.7 lb. (29.8 cm, 3.5 kg)

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Padlock and key

André Omereler

Padlock and key

1531

Steel, partially gilded brass

Overall (.10a): 7 × 5 7/16 × 2 9/16 in. (17.8 × 13.8 × 6.5 cm); Length (assembled .10d, e): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

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Girl

Leonhard Kern

Girl

ca. 1635, base possibly late 1830s

Pearwood (Pyrus communis); pedestal: blackened wood

Height without pedestal, confirmed: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm) Height with pedestal, confirmed: 10 15/16 × 3 1/2 × 4 in. (27.8 × 8.9 × 10.2 cm)

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Neptune Riding a Dolphin

Peter Flötner

Neptune Riding a Dolphin

ca. 1530

Boxwood

5 1/4 × 4 in. (13.3 × 10.2 cm)

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Astronomical table clock

Astronomical table clock

second quarter 17th century

Case: gilded brass and gilded copper; Dials: gilded brass and silver; Movement: brass, gilded brass, and steel

Overall: 25 × 10 × 10 in. (63.5 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)

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