The Orpheus Cup

Johann Wilhelm Baur →

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

Gold: cast, embossed, and engraved; enamel: ronde-bosse and painted; rubies · confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 13 × 8.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →

On view now