Tankard
maker
Jakob Beckhausen
(active Gdansk, 1678 - 1705)
Datelate 17th century
Place MadeDanzig, Pomorskie, Poland, Europe
MediumGilded silver
Dimensions21 x 19.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM21w3
eMuseum ID720299
EmbARK ObjectID13389
TMS Source ID2338
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIn the seventeenth century, important works in silver were produced throughout Germany and the surrounding region, testifying to local wealth and the taste for precious objects. In the Hanseatic cities around the Baltic Sea, large covered tankards were a favorite form of silver for civic institutions. The scenes from Christ’s infancy are derived from Flemish or German pictorial works.
Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 127.
Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 127.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 181. (as Danzig, 17th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 14-15, ill. (as Germany, Danzig, 3rd quarter of the 17th century)
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 127. (as by Jakob Beckhausen, late 1600s)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 14-15, ill. (as Germany, Danzig, 3rd quarter of the 17th century)
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 127. (as by Jakob Beckhausen, late 1600s)
MarksNotesInscribed (rim of base): I over BH in a trefoil (mark of Jacob Beckhausen)
Inscribed (rim of base): a crown and two crosses (town mark of Gdansk, also called Danzig)
Inscribed (rim of the lid): maker's and town marks repeated
Inscribed (lid): Gloria in excelsis (Glory [to God] in the highest)
Inscribed (rim of base): a crown and two crosses (town mark of Gdansk, also called Danzig)
Inscribed (rim of the lid): maker's and town marks repeated
Inscribed (lid): Gloria in excelsis (Glory [to God] in the highest)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer A. Clerle, Venice for 1,700 francs on 18 October 1892.
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