Reichsadlerhumpen (Imperial eagle beaker)
Also titled Reichsadlerhumpen
1586
- Medium
- glass
- Classification
- Reichsadlerhumpen
- Dimensions
- height 27 cm x diameter 12 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Reichsadlerhumpen, cylindrical glasses with a doubleheaded eagle as the emblem of the Holy Roman Empire, were popular from the 16th to the late 18th century. Initially, the vessels featured a crucified Christ on the bird’s chest, which emphasized the empire’s Christian foundation. From the 17th century onwards, Jesus was replaced by the imperial orb.
