Corvinus beaker
The Corvinus beaker is a splendid beaker that is in the Wiener Neustadt City Museum in Lower Austria .
The mug is approximately 81 cm high and is made of gold-plated silver, which is decorated with Hungarian wire enamel . It is believed to date from between 1470 and 1490. According to the hallmark in the base of the cup, “Z”, the cup was probably made by the Wiener Neustadt goldsmith Wolfgang Zulinger.
The goblet is associated with the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus , who lived from 1458 to 1490 , through the figure of a knight kneeling on the lid . This knight bears the AEIOU of Emperor Friedrich III on the obverse . and Mathias Corvinus's monogram with the raven with the ring in its beak. On the back is the year 1462.
There are various theories as to how the mug got to Wiener Neustadt. According to one version, the cup is likely to be related to the Peace of Sopron . Corvinus is said to have given it to Friedrich for the Stephen's crown that was received back . According to other traditions, it is said to come from Friedrich himself, who originally wanted to give it to Corvinus, but did not hand it over due to differences of opinion.
During the bombing raids in World War II , the mug, which has been proven to have been in the city's possession since 1741, like many other art treasures, was housed in a tunnel in the salt mine in Hallein .
It was kept in the town hall until it was moved to the Wiener Neustädter Stadtmuseum. The magnificent beaker has been part of the museum's permanent exhibition since the beginning of 2009.
There is also a mug called the Kleiner Corvinusbecher or the Pittener Corvinusbecher , which is owned by the nearby municipality of Pitten .
literature
- Josef Mayer: History of Wiener Neustadt , vol. II: Wiener Neustadt in the modern age (Wiener Neustadt 1927), p. 429ff.
- Sándor Mihalik: Monuments and schools of Hungarian wire e-mail abroad. In: Acta historiae artium academiae scientiarum hungaricae V (1958), p. 71ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Corvinusbecher on the website of the Wiener Neustadt magistrate, accessed on August 26, 2015
Web links
- The Corvinus cup
- Pitten Corvinus beaker
- Entry for Corvinus beaker in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )