About This Artwork

Hans Ludwig Kienle
Germany, Ulm

Cup in the form of a Rearing Horse and Rider, 1630

Silver, cast and partly gilt with repousse oval base
Height: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Marks: signed and dated 'Hanns Ludovickh.Kienle.f.Vlmae, 1630'; hallmarked on edge of the base and on the bezel beneath the horse's head for Ulm and maker's mark; also marked on base with French post-1893 import mark
Restricted gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford D. Marks, Mrs. Eric Oldberg and Mrs. Edgar J. Uihlein; Albert D. Lasker, Howard V. Shaw Memorial and European Decorative Arts funds; James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, Pauline S. Armstrong, Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Michael A. Bradshaw and Kenneth S. Harris, Tillie C. Cohn, Richard T. Crane, Jr. Memorial, Eloise W. Martin, Henry Horner Strauss, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley and European Decorative Arts endowments; through prior acquisitions of Kate S. Buckingham and George F. Harding Collection in honor of Eloise W. Martin, 2003.114

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Ghenete Zelleke, “Cup in the Form of a Rearing Horse and Rider,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 29, 2 (2003), pp. 56-57 (color ills.).