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The Orpheus Cup
Jan Vermeyen
- Medium
- Gold: cast, embossed, and engraved; enamel: ronde-bosse and painted; rubies
- Dimensions
- confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 13 × 8.9 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Classification
- Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
- Dated
- 1641–42, the jeweled elements on the lid in the form of animals, amorini holding bow and quiver, and the statuettes of Orpheus and Diana, Prague, ca.1600
- Pixels
- 2945 × 4000
- SHA-256
- cfe2ca81386a3118…
- Record
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Jan Vermeyen. The Orpheus Cup, 1641–42, the jeweled elements on the lid in the form of animals, amorini holding bow and quiver, and the statuettes of Orpheus and Diana, Prague, ca.1600. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.