The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ludwig Raab, Ecclesiastic

Art Object

Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

Carolyn Sargentson, independent art historian and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, outlines how changing social practices altered the designs and styles of furniture, both for the nobility and the lower classes.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

Video/Audio (4)

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock
(00:00:52)

The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet
(00:02:20) 10679 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration
(00:02:17) 16910 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation
(00:01:00) 3027 views

Ludwig Raab, Ecclesiastic

Date:: 1576
Culture:: German
Medium:: Boxwood
Dimensions:: 7 x 4-3/8 in. (17.8 x 11.1 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.465

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: NON IN SERMONE.SED IN VIRTVTE: 1576 (On arch) LVDOVICVS.RABVS.S.THE/OLOGIAE./DOCTOR.ECCLESIAE./VLMENSIS SVPERINTENDENS/ Anno atatis L A / M. D. LXXV / AB (Below portrait)
Provenance

Baron Albert von Oppenheim (until at least 1904)
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What
Sculpture (24,354)

Wood (9,287)

Plaques (2,405)

Miniature (767)

Boxwood (240)
Where
Europe (150,013)

Germany (15,973)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,619)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,264)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.