Caspar Riss
( active c. 1660 - 1712 )
Cristo Morto, after a model by Adrian de Vries (1556 - 1626)
1669-1671
Silver
47 x 38 cm (18 ¹/₂ x 15 inches)
Monogrammed ‘CR’ (on the right foot’s heel) and bears the 1669-1671 Pyr mark of the city of Augsburg (on the left foot’s heel)
Private collection, USA
Related Literature
L. Seelig ed., Silber und Gold: Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, exh. cat., 23 February – 29 May 1994, Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, Munich
L. Seelig, Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendour from Augsburg, Munich and New York, 1995
H. Seling, Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede 1529-1868: Meister, Marken, Werke, Munich, 2007, p. 43 and p. 320
L. Seelig ed., Silber und Gold: Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, exh. cat., 23 February – 29 May 1994, Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, Munich
L. Seelig, Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendour from Augsburg, Munich and New York, 1995
H. Seling, Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede 1529-1868: Meister, Marken, Werke, Munich, 2007, p. 43 and p. 320
