File:Johann Christian Neuber - Stand or socle for a figural group - Walters 541909.jpg

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Johann Christian Neuber: Stand or socle for a figural group   (  )
Artist	Johann Christian Neuber  (1736–1808)     Alternative names J C Neuber; Johann-Christian Neuber Description German goldsmith and jeweler Date of birth/death 7 April 1736  1 January 1808  Location of birth/death Neuwernsdorf Eibenstock Work location Dresden  Authority file : Q1519858 VIAF: 65041276 ISNI: 0000000017166139 LCCN: no2012077490 GND: 12783754X SUDOC: 164064818 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q1519858
Title	Stand or socle for a figural group
Description	English: The tradition of mounting specimen stones can be traced to 16th-century Florentine "pietra dura" work. In the late 1700s, techniques for slicing and polishing stones were perfected, allowing lapidaries, most notably the Dresden goldsmith Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808), to produce masterpieces in which concentric, radiating patterns of specimen hardstones were set in lids of snuffboxes and circular tabletops. In this work, the skeleton of the container is in gilded bronze with Roman motifs including scroll patterns, "paterae" (saucer-shaped appliqués), and paw feet. The body is lined with sheets of pink amethyst with traces of fluorite, and the rim is decorated with alternating carnelians and foil-backed amethysts. Set in the frame are sheets of dark brown agate, light brown spotted petrified wood, tan agate, pink agate, and white marble. The "paterae" have centers of banded agate and borders of jasper.
Date	late 18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium	gilded bronze, amethyst, agate, jasper, petrified wood, carnelians, marble
Dimensions	height: 16.5 cm (6.4 in); width: 48.9 cm (19.2 in); depth: 41 cm (16.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,16.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,48.9U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,41U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.1909
Place of creation	Dresden, Germany
Object history	Frédéric Auguste III (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Nicolai Wasilijewitsch Repnin (1732-1801), 1779, by gift [with thanks for his role in the negotiation of the Peace Treaty of Teschen] Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1929: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Fabergé Menagerie. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Portland Art Museum, Portland. 2003-2004.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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