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The Brandenburg Gate

Enameler Carl von Scheidt German
1816
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 554
This beaker painted with a view of the Brandenburg Gate, which closes the famous Unter den Linden allée in Berlin, is an example of the new medium of translucent enamels developed by a porcelain painter, Samuel Daniel Mohn (1762–1815) about 1805. He worked in Dresden, with a workshop of painters he had trained in the technique. Among his followers, who carried the art to Berlin and Vienna, were Gottlob Samuel Mohn, his son; Carl von Scheidt, who signed and dated this beaker and Anton Kothgasser. It was a cool, delicate medium, especially suitable for topographical views on small objects. However, Gottlob Samuel Mohn also executed stained-glass windows in the technique at the Imperial Palace at Laxenburg for Emperor Francis II of Austria.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Brandenburg Gate
  • Enameler: Carl von Scheidt (German, 1791–after 1834)
  • Date: 1816
  • Culture: German, Berlin
  • Medium: Glass, enameled and gilt
  • Dimensions: Overall: 3 7/8 × 3 5/8 in. (9.8 × 9.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Munsey Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.185.116
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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