Peace triumphing over War

Object NamePlaque with a Personification of Victory

Maker Caspar Lehmann (German, 1563/1565-1622)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1609

Place MadeBohemia, Prague

Techniquesheet glass, polished, grozed, engraved

SizeOverall H: 23 cm; W: 18.9 cm

Accession Number86.3.100

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless (strong grey tint) non-lead glass; sheet glass, polished, grozed, engraved. Flat, rectangular sheet, faces polished, edges grozed and partly ground; engraved on one face with a depiction of a woman wearing a flowing dress, pulled up to her knees to reveal another striped fabric below, the bodice outlined in flat strapwork, she wears a double necklace of pearls, and a beaded rounded headpiece, with flowing fabric at the back; an eagle with outstretched wings flies over her head, preparatory to placing the imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire on her head; she holds an elaborate scepter in one outstretched hand, and reaches out with her other hand to grasp a sword being offered by a standing (rampant) lion; she is seated on a globe of the Earth, with sketchily engraved continents, and a middle band encircling the globe with a small engraved lion (passant); her bare foot rests on the shoulder of a fallen soldier wearing armor, the soldier holding a broken sword in one hand, and a decapitated head of a bearded man in the other hand; the blade of the broken sword lies on the ground in front of him, and a lance lies between his legs; two naked babies lie on the ground at the bottom.
Provenance

Source Christie's, South Kensington - 1986-07-03