Beaker with Portrait of Robert de Gravels
Artist: Probably Johann Schaper (Enameler) (German, 1635 - 1670)
Date: about 1663-1664
Dimensions:
3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Medium: enameled colorless glass
Place of Origin: Nuremberg, Germany
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1913.455
Label Text:That artist Johann Schaper (1635–1670) was one of the most innovative and accomplished decorators of stained glass panels and faience vessels in 17th-century Germany. He began to paint on glass vessels with transparent enamels in about 1660 when, coping with mounting bills for his growing family, he sought to broaden his customer base. He first began to decorate small vessels with schwarzlot, transparent black lead enamel used since the Middle Ages to paint outlines and shadows on stained glass panels. This schwarzlot beaker depicts one of Schaper’s patrons, the French envoy to the Bavarian Court in Regensburg.
DescriptionCup-shaped, standing on three small knob feet. Painted in black with portrait and landscape.
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