The Orpheus Cup
Object type: Cup
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Austrian, Vienna
Artist: Johann Wilhelm Baur|Hans Georg Bramer|Jan Vermeyen|Anonymous Viennese enamel painter
Artist bio: German, Strasbourg 1607–1642 Vienna|Austrian, 1608–1661|Brussels (Hapsburg Lowlands) before 1559–1608 Prague| 
Artist role: Artist|Maker|Maker|Artist
Artist nationality: German|Austrian|German|Austrian
Date: 1641–42, the jeweled elements on the lid in the form of animals, amorini holding bow and quiver, and the statuettes of Orpheus and Diana, Prague, ca.1600
Medium: Gold, cast, embossed, and engraved; enamel, ronde-bosse and painted; rubies
Dimensions: confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 13 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2020
Accession year: 2020