Charger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents
date: label: Date
content: 1689
name: label: Goldsmith
content: Adolf Gaap, German, active in Augsburg, 1664 – 1695
label: Goldsmith
content: Johann Adolf Gaap, German, active in Italy, 1667 – 1724
label: After
content: Hans Ulrich Frank, German, 1603–1680
label: After
content: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664
notes: label: Description
content: Oval, with four repoussé martial trophies on marli, wreath around center. Applied, on marli, four high relief medallions with the Four Continents (after Stefano della Bella's playing cards, published in Paris in 1646). Asia, turbaned, in chariot drawn by two elephants; Europe, crowned, drawn by horses; Africa, with feather headdress and parasol, drawn by lions; America, in feather headdress and tunic, drawn by armadillos. In center, relief plaque of Alexander and King Darius, lying dead in battle chariot with attending warriors (after an etching of 1645 by Hans Ulrich Frank).
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-21
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: charger
label: Type
content: charger
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5.2 × 72.2 × 63.5 cm (2 1/16 in. × 28 7/16 in. × 25 in.)