Casket

Wenzel Jamnitzer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sides of this casket are divided by rounded arches resting on pilasters, alternating with silver reliefs depicting the Passion of Christ. The figures of the Virgin, Christ, and the twelve apostles are shown against the pilasters. The lid represents the Resurrection. The interior is richly decorated with strapwork and Moresque decoration. This casket or one of the several related examples is recorded in a drawing by the Hamburg goldsmith Jacob Mores (1540–ca. 1612).

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