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Melchior Gelb German
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Title: Table fountain with Neptune and the sea voyage of Bacchus
Artist:
Melchior Gelb (German, active 17th century)
Date: ca. 1652/53
Culture: German, Augsburg
Medium: Silver (cast, embossed, chased, chiseled, partially gilded), sheet silver (cut)
Dimensions: 23 1/4 × 7 15/16 × 11 5/16 in., 6.8 lb. (59 × 20.1 × 28.8 cm, 3.1 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver-Miniature
Credit Line:
Sammlung Angewandte Kunst, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel,
Purchased with the support of Hessische Kulturstiftung, Hessisches
Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Kulturstiftung der
Länder, Bundesministerium des Innern, and Ernst von SiemensStiftung. Co-ownership of Ernst von Siemens Kunstfonds and
Bundesministerium des Innern
