Beaker (Humpen) (1568): Art, History and Details

Beaker (Humpen) (1568) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This humpen once belonged to the Chapter of Magdeburg Cathedral. On the upper register is the figure of St. Mauritius, patron saint of Magdeburg and the inscription S. Mauritius, 1568. Armorial shields are accompanied by names of members of the cathedral chapter.

Object facts

• Title: Beaker (Humpen)
• Date: 1568
• Culture: Germany, probably Bohemia, 16th century
• Type: Glass
• Technique: enameled glass
• Dimensions: Overall: 26.1 x 11.8 cm (10 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1948.232

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon

Further reading listed by the museum

• Foote, Helen. "German Enameled Glass." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 1 (January 1949): 7–8, 13.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

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