BR65.15: Sand Container in the Form of a Crocodile
Tools and EquipmentThe golden-colored silver object is positioned in three-quarter profile view as it crawls on its belly. We see most of its long body and two legs on its left side, part of its other front leg can be seen below the neck. Its head is turning slightly up and to the left. Its partially open mouth reveals lots of sharp teeth. The object is rich in scaly texture of a crocodile, it has a seam along the neck.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR65.15
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Sand Container in the Form of a Crocodile
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- sander
- Date
- c. 1575-1600
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/222581
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver, parcel-gilt
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 32.4 x 9.3 cm (2 3/16 x 12 3/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Stanley Marcus
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- BR65.15
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 25, cat. no. 49 p. 94, repr. as pl. XLV
- Anneliese Harding, German Sculpture in New England Museums, Goethe Institute (Boston, MA, 1972), p. 16, repr. p. 55 as fig. 88
- Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 222
Exhibition History
- Objects for a Kunstkammer: Early European Collecting, 1550-1700, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 12/10/2005 - 11/19/2006
- Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
- 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 03/14/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2025 - 01/01/2050
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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