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Humpen

Place of OriginGermany (Franconia)

Date1651

DimensionsH: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

MediumBlown glass, with enameled and gilded decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1950.29

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

DescriptionAllegory of the Westphalian Peace. Figures: Emperor, King of France, and Queen of Sweden

Label TextThis tankard (a form known as a Humpen) is decorated with an elaborate scene celebrating the Peace of Westphalia (1648), a series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years War involving most of the major powers in Europe. It features the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, King Louis XIV of France, and Queen Christina of Sweden.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, repr. (col.) fig. 2, p. 10.