Gold, jasper and carnelian
Subtitle: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon court
By: edited by Alexis Kugel
Contributors: Grünes Gewölbe (Museum : Dresden, Germany); Frick Collection
Publisher: Paul Holberton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781907372360
Subjects: Catalogues raisonnés; Art objects; Exhibitions; History; Criticism and interpretation; Collectors and collecting; Incrustation (Stone carving)
Other titles: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon court
Work titles: Luxe, le goût, la science. English
Description: Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808) was a goldsmith and mineralogist at the Saxon Court. In 1769 he became director of the Grünes Gewölbe, the magnificent State Treasury, and was appointed court jeweler in 1775. He specialized in creating small gold boxes, chatelaines and watchcases decorated with semiprecious stones, such as agate, jasper and carnelian. This lavishly illustrated book will give readers their first comprehensive introduction to the master craftsman's oeuvre presenting boxes and other decorative objects from the Grünes Gewölbe, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and private collections in Germany, France and New York. It also features the so-called 'Breteuil Table', still owned by the family for which it was made as a diplomatic gift nearly 250 years ago. Exhibition: Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden / Frick Collection, New York / Galerie J. Kugel, Paris. 2012.
Notes: Published to coincide with exhibitions of Neuber's work held at the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden and the Frick Collection, New York.

"First published in France in 2012 under the title Le luxe, le goût, la science: Neubert orfèvre à la cour de Saxe."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-414) and index.