UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German
(active 1440s in Lüneberg)

Lüneberg Civic Oath Glass

1443
Silver, partly gilt, heigth 24,5 cm
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin

This object, executed by the Lüneberg goldsmith Hans von Lafferde in 1443, has a Last Judgment on one side. In intercession for humanity, the Virgin and St John flank Christ in judgment. For the figures the goldsmith used models from around 1400, a common practice.




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