Christoph Labhart

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Christoph Labhart (* 1644 in Steckborn ; † 1695 ) was an important glyptist (glass and rock crystal cutter) of the Baroque period .

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From 1671 to 1679 Christoph Labhart worked at the court of Johann (Nassau-Saarbrücken) († 1677). He created a 142 cm wide and 79 cm high precious stone relief for his son Georg August . Georg August's widow later sold the relief to Merseburg, where it was incorporated into the August the Strong's collection and so now hangs in the Green Vault in Dresden .

After Johannes' death, Labhart was appointed to the court of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel and became the “first of the Kassel art cutting mill”.

The Commesso technique (stone carving; jointless joining) of the Prague School took up his work . His most important student was the Dutchman Johann Albrecht Lavilette (1667–1743), who specialized in portrait shell cuts and agate cameos.

After Christoph Labhart's death, his son Johann Christoph I (1695–1742) was born. His godfather, Johann Caspar Labhart († 1726), probably his brother, also worked as a landgrave gem cutter. From 1730 Johann Christoph I. became a princely, from 1733 royal Swedish, high princely Hessian gemstone cutter. Johann Christoph II. (1741 to after 1800) also became a stone cutter.

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  1. The Idstein city archivist Lentz calls this relief "Stone Ethics".