Cup in the Form of a Horse and Rider
Medium
Silver and gilded silver
Dimensions
H.: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.); 30.5 × 28.9 × 14.3 cm (12 × 11 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Classification
statuette
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
181145
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This extraordinary sculptural group, which consists of a male nude astride a rearing horse, is a rare example of the work of Hans Ludwig Kienle, a German silversmith who specialized in depicting animals. Conceived as a drinking cup, this work was destined for display on a buffet or sideboard. Kienle’s work belongs to a larger body of German Renaissance and Baroque sideboard silver that includes cups in the form of three-dimensional horses, lions, stags, and other animals. Horse-and-rider figural...