Inscription
on the rim of the cup in four sections: MEINE SVNDE BEDRVBEN MICH GOTTES GNADT ERFREVET MICH ZWEI DING WEIS ICH EIN ARME SVNDER BIN ICH GOT ABER IST BARMHERTZICH 1 5 6 6 [My sins weight heavily upon me God's grace comforts me Two things I know, I am a poor sinner but God is merciful 1566]; on the rim of the cover: ALS VBER FVNFZEHN HVNDERT IAHR SECHSVNDSECHZIG DIE IARZAL WAR HERR MVG(O) VON SCHONBVRG WOL/GEBORN ZV GLAVCH(AV) WALDENBVRG AUSERKORN DES HORNVNGS IN DEM VIERDEN TAG CHRISTO DEM HERRN SEIN GEIST AVF GAB [As ordained on February 4 in the year 1566 Herr Hugo von Schonburg, a man of noble birth from Glauchau Waldenburg, gave up his soul to Christ the Lord]
Provenance
Schönburg-Hartenstein family, Schloss Hartenstein, Zwickau, 1899.[1] Aloys Prince of Schönburg Hartenstein, Vienna, by 1907.[2]. Eugen Gutmann [1840-1925], Berlin, by 1912.[3] (Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1922 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1907
- Ausstellung alter Gold- und Silberschmiedearbeiten, K.K. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie, Vienna, 1907, no. 502.
- 1997
- Natur und Kunst beisammen haben -- Der Breisgauer Bergkristallschliff der frühen Neuzeit, The Freiburg University Library, Germany, 1997, no. 47, repro.
- 1998
- A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 125.
Bibliography
- 1935
- Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 40.
- 1942
- Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10, as South German, dated 1566, Covered vase of rock crystal with the arms of the Schönburg family.
- 1983
- Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 169.
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