Estimate

12.000 - 14.000

Session 3

23 November 2022

Hammer Price

Description

925/1000 silver sculpture depicting Diana The Huntress holding a bow and riding a centaur, also holding a bow.
Engraved and repousse decoration set with precious stones, the saddle ornamented with scrolls, flowers and foliage on a matte ground, and classical mask. The quiver of hunting motifs decoration on a field of foliage. Mould and chiselled stand
Hanau hallmarks in the style of Augsburg. Warrantee mark 925. 19th century
(in very good condition)

44x50,5x33,8 cm
4500 g (total)

Category

Silver

Additional Information

A display jewellery piece after the automaton clock by Hans Jakobe I. BachMannr (1574-1651) in the collections of Rudolph II, now at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum (Tischautomat mit Diana auf dem Kentauren, Hans Jakob I. Bachmann, 1602-1606, inv. Kunstkammer, 1166).
Another well-known example, commissioned in 1610 by Elector Christian II of Saxe, following from his visit to the Imperial Cabinet at Dresden Castle, is kept at the renowned Green Vault (Figurenautomat mit Diana auf einem Kentauren, Bachmann, Hans Jakob, Grünes Gewölbe inv.IV 150).
Both the technical quality as well as the piece's hallmarks, are analogous to those known from the large workshops at the city of Hanau, which, in the 19th century specialised in replicating Renaissance, as well as 17th century artworks, that can now be found in the most famous private and public collections worldwide.