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The elaborate tiled superstructure of stoves generally enlarged in the sixteenth century, giving the hofner (stove maker) the opportunity to make larger tiles of truly pictorial composition and artistic importance. Resch is one of the few known makers of such tiles in the important center of Salzburg.
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Title: The Execution of the Five Kings of the Amorites
Maker:
Hans Resch (active 1563–98)
Date: 16th century
Culture: Austrian, Salzburg
Medium: Lead-glazed earthenware (Hafnerware)
Dimensions: 25-5/8 x 21-1/2 in. (65.1 x 54.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968), Senator from New York, 1968
Accession Number: 68.81.2
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