The Execution of the Five Kings of the Amorites

Hans Resch

16th century · Lead-glazed earthenware (Hafnerware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The elaborate tiled superstructure of stoves generally enlarged in the sixteenth century, giving the hofner (stove maker) the opportunity to make larger tiles of truly pictorial composition and artistic importance. Resch is one of the few known makers of such tiles in the important center of Salzburg.

Artist

Hans Resch

Date

16th century

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware (Hafnerware)

Culture

Austrian, Salzburg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968), Senator from New York, 1968