Rock Crystal Chandelier from the so-called 'White Peller's House' [weiße Pellershaus] in Nuremberg

Johann Georg Puschner

ca. 1700–1720 · Etching and engraving · Drawings and Prints

Design for a rock crystal chandelier, produced in Italy (Milan). According to the inscription, added both in German and Latin, the chandelier supports 36 candles and is 9 1/2 Rhinish feet high while its circumference measures 21 Rhinish feet. The chandelier hung in the house chapel of the Peller family in Nuremberg. It was originally commisioned in Italy (ca. 1694) as a gift for the princely house of Thurn and Taxis. The merchant family Peller acted as an intermediate in this commission and when no agreement was reached over the final price of the chandelier they kept it in their house. Eventually they sold it to the Prussian King who had it restored and hung in the 'Rittersaal' in Berlin.

Artist

Johann Georg Puschner

Date

ca. 1700–1720

Medium

Etching and engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Charles Z. Offin Fund, 2013