Low jug
The scene illustrates the story of Christ at the well with the woman of Samaria after a print by Matthaeus Meriam for the Biblia Das ist Die Gantze Hl. Schrift Alten u. Neuen Testaments, published in Strasbourg in 1630.
Artwork Details
- Title: Low jug
- Maker: Feulner (German)
- Decorator: Abraham Helmhack (1654–1724)
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: German, Frankfurt
- Medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Dimensions: H. 5-1/2 in. (14.0 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of the family of Siegfried and Lola Kramarsky, in their memory, 1991
- Object Number: 1991.207.4
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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