Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony

Workshop of Paul Preuning German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520

Adorned with the likenesses of a Catholic emperor and Protestant elector, this detailed jug showcases the connections between common entertainments and Reformation politics. The dancing piper and drummer that flank Adam and Eve were symbols of revolt derived from anti-Catholic prints that circulated during the 1525 Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Europe prior to the French Revolution of 1789. The painted arms of the Imhoff family of Nuremberg on the front were added later. This work was seized from Oscar Bondy (d. 1944) by Nazi officials in 1938 in Vienna and restituted to his widow, Elisabeth Bondy, in 1948.

Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony, Workshop of Paul Preuning (German, active 1540–1550), Lead-glazed earthenware, some tin-glaze, German, Nuremberg

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Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony, Workshop of Paul Preuning (German, active 1540–1550), Lead-glazed earthenware, some tin-glaze, German, Nuremberg
Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony, Workshop of Paul Preuning (German, active 1540–1550), Lead-glazed earthenware, some tin-glaze, German, Nuremberg
Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony, Workshop of Paul Preuning (German, active 1540–1550), Lead-glazed earthenware, some tin-glaze, German, Nuremberg
Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), elector of Saxony, Workshop of Paul Preuning (German, active 1540–1550), Lead-glazed earthenware, some tin-glaze, German, Nuremberg

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