Double Cup

1590–1600

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 306

Caspar Beutmüller moved from Venice to Nuremberg in 1585, where he became a master goldsmith and a citizen of the city. He made this cup in about 1590-1600. He apparently kept it in his household until he sold and marked it three years before his death.

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Title: Double Cup
Artist: Caspar Beutmüller the Elder
Date: 1590–1600
Geography: Made in Nuremberg, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Silver, partially gilded, with a silver medallion and a gold glass medallion
Dimensions: Overall: 16 9/16 x 5 3/8 in. (42.1 x 13.7 cm)
cup (a): 9 x 5 3/8 in. (22.9 x 13.7 cm)
cup (b): 9 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. (23.2 x 13.5 cm)
diam. of medallion (a): 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
diam. of medallion (b): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.609a, b
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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