Caspar Lehmann is one of the most significant personalities of applied arts in central Europe at the end othe 16th and the beginning of 17th century. As an engraver of glass and precious stones he worked at the court of emperor Rudolf II. in Prague, but also at the court of the elector Christian II in Dresden. Considerable interest in his work was caused mainly by the claim of Joachim von Sandrart from 1675 stating that Caspar Lehmann was granted a privilege for glass engraving. Discovery of a signed beaker in late 19th century further sparked the existing interest in his production. Based on the similarities with the beaker, several other works were subsequently attributed to Lehmann, despite significant differences in quality and style of engraving. The present work summarizes Lehmanns life based on a thorough study of previous literature and archive materials. Main part of the work includes detailed analyses of 26 artifacts which were previously attributed to Lehmann. Based on their comparison it attempts to define a characteristic technique Lehmann used for carving, and subsequently to critically assess his authorship. The thorough comparisons of the existing objects suggest that three portrait pannels (Moritz von Oranien, Johann Sigismund von Brandenburg, and Johann Friedrich von Württemberg)...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:369917 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Minaříková, Adéla |
| Contributors | Bukovinská, Beket, Konečný, Lubomír |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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