Scale with Counterweight for Measuring Gold

1560-70
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Scale with Counterweight for Measuring Gold
  • Artist: Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, Vienna 1507/8–1585 Nuremberg)
  • Date: 1560-70
  • Culture: German, Nuremberg
  • Medium: Bronze or yellow metal (cast, gilded), silver, thread.
  • Dimensions: 13 × 9 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (33 × 24 × 22 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork
  • Credit Line: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts