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| Keywords: German - Jewel Casket with Busts of Emperors - Walters 463 - Side A.jpg Splendid caskets were a specialty of Nuremberg goldsmiths in the later 1500s particularly of Wenzel Jamnitzer 1507-1585 and his family They were typically commissioned as presents for noblewomen for the safekeeping of small precious objects and but were themselves display pieces The glass plaques are of the period and are finely executed in the reverse painting technique to create a dazzling impression of gold filigree; however the metal framing elements were largely replaced or newly constructed in the 1800s by the French goldsmith Alfred André The feet in the shape of harpies are similar to the feet of other caskets by Jamnitzer; but related drawings by André suggest that these are his circa 1560 1580 ; 19th century Renaissance amelierung reverse painting on glass gilded copper alloy lapis lazuli cm 20 8 39 7 accession number 46 3 31890 Ferdinando Lorenzo Strozzi Florence by purchase or inheritance Piero Strozzi Florence 1878 by inheritance Raoul Heilbronner Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore 1909 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Lapis lazuli | ||||
