Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808.
2. Kugel, Alexis.
3. Grünes Gewölbe (Museum : Dresden, Germany)
4. Frick Collection.
5. Galerie J. Kugel (Paris, France)

Description

1. 423 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 29 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Uniform title

1. Luxe, le goût, la science. English.

Alternative title

1. Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon court

Subject

1. Incrustation (Stone carving)
2. Art objects > Collectors and collecting
3. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808
4. Incrustation (Stone carving) > Germany > Dresden > History > 18th century
5. Catalogues raisonnés
6. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808 > Catalogues raisonnés
7. History
8. Germany > Dresden
9. Criticism, interpretation, etc
10. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808 > Exhibitions
11. Exhibition catalogs
12. 1700-1799
13. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808 > Criticism and interpretation
14. Snuff boxes and bottles > Germany > Dresden > History > 18th century
15. Art objects > Collectors and collecting > Germany > Dresden > History > 18th century

Genre/Form

1. Catalogues raisonnés.
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
3. Exhibition catalogs.
4. History.

Call number

1. (C.R.) MGO (Neuber) 19-3742

Note

1. Published to coincide with exhibitions of Neuber's work held at the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden, the Frick Collection, New York, and the Galerie Kugel, Paris.
2. "First published in France in 2012 under the title Le luxe, le goût, la science: Neubert orfèvre à la cour de Saxe."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-414) and index.

Title

1. Gold, jasper and carnelian : Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon court / edited by Alexis Kugel.

Imprint

1. London : Paul Holberton Pub., ©2012.

Edition

1. English ed.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-414) and index.

Local note

1. Catalogues Raisonnés Collection (NYPL, Art & Architecture).

Chronological term

1. 1700-1799

Added author

1. Neuber, Johann Christian, 1736-1808.
2. Kugel, Alexis.
3. Grünes Gewölbe (Museum : Dresden, Germany)
4. Frick Collection.
5. Galerie J. Kugel (Paris, France)

ISBN

1. 9781907372360 (hbk.)
2. 1907372369 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. (C.R.) MGO (Neuber) 19-3742