Philip, Count Palatine

Hans Daucher

1522 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

In addition to commemorating their patrons, some sixteenth-century artists nurtured their own fame, which in turn added prestige to their collectors’ holdings. Daucher, for example, signed many of his works; here, a monogram acknowledges his design. Though celebrated in his lifetime, Daucher enjoys hardly a fraction of the fame of his contemporary Albrecht Dürer. The latter artist’s prints traveled and, made in multiples, endured; Daucher’s more expensive media—mostly bronze and limestone—and limited, if often elite, clientele tended to prevent his work from circulating far beyond the place and time for which it was made.

Artist

Hans Daucher

Date

1522

Medium

Bronze

Culture

German

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Rupert L. Joseph, 1959