Cup with cover with Hebrew inscriptions

Joachim Michael Salecker

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Hebrew inscriptions and the representations of the patriarch Jacob's twelve sons on this cup are designed to form the name of the cup's owner, Issacher ben Juda Halevi, whose German name was Behrend Lehmann (1661–1730). Lehmann was among the most prominent court officials of his time, serving both Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg (r. 1688-1713) and Augustus the Strong of Saxony, king of Poland (r. 1709-33).

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art