Decorative arts (permanent exhibition) » Small boxes
Snuffbox
with an old town
Artist
Johann Andreas Bechdolff
Bautzen, 1734 - Ellwangen, 1807
Bautzen, 1734 - Ellwangen, 1807
Origin date
around 1770
Origin place
Ellwangen
Material
copper
Technique
painted enamel, gilded
Sizes
height: 4,5 cm
width: 5,5 cm
length: 10 cm
width: 5,5 cm
length: 10 cm
Inventory No.
55.181.1
Description and further information
A rounded rectangular copper body coated in white enamel, with a narrow gilt-metal mount. Landscape painting extends across the outer and inner surfaces of the lid and the sides, depicting castles and towers with red roofs, set in a landscape rendered with green, turquoise-blue, and purplish hatching. The scenes are framed on either side by slender trees, while the sky is enlivened by regular patches of pale blue and purple cloud. A smaller, independent landscape vignette appears on the underside. The box is closely comparable to known works by Johann Andreas Bechdolf.
Provenance
San Marco gyűjtemény (724)