Jakob Zeller

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Philipp Jakob Zeller (born December 1581 in Regensburg ; † December 28, 1620 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor , art turner and ivory carver .

Life

Jakob Zeller is the son of Pankraz Zeller. His father had been working as an art turner at the Saxon court in Dresden since 1583. Jakob Zeller came to Dresden via Freiberg and worked for the Saxon court from September 18, 1610. At that time turned figures and small sculptures were in great demand. He created a large number of high-quality artistic objects, of which the Kunstkammer inventory in Dresden still lists 23 works. Probably the most famous is a centerpiece in the Dresden collections over a meter high. The Green Vault in Dresden exhibits, among other things, a miniature carved pendant with a portrait of Elector Johann Georg I and a large ivory frigate carried by Neptune . On July 10, 1619, he was granted Dresden citizenship .

Works (selection)

  • 1610: turned ivory goblet decorated with Perseus on a winged steed fighting a sea ​​monster , collection of the Swedish royal family.
  • 1613: Ivory cup below with the satyr , the St. George group above with an animal frieze around it. State Art Collections Dresden .
  • 1614: crucifix cut from ivory and a drinking cup with many tiny, partly still gold-plated decorations for the Electoral Chamber of Rarities (Green Vault) Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • 1620: Neptune carries a large ivory frigate. Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Inventory number: II 107. See a special stamp from Deutsche Post (series: Treasures from German museums ; value: 145 cents; date of issue: April 7, 2016)

literature

  • Rudolph Lindau, Wilhelm Adolf Lindau, JG Wiemann: Curiosities of Dresden and the surrounding area: with a new description of all collections and art. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden and Leipzig 1835, p. 285.
  • Carl Ramsell af Ugglas: Jacob Zeller's Perseus Cup. In: Carl Gunne: Konstvetenskapliga Essayer och studier tillägnade August Hahr på 60-årsdagen. Stockholm 1928, pp. 147-151.
  • Zeller, Jakob . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 450-451 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Series "Treasures from German Museums". Titian - Emperor Karl V and Jacob Zeller - frigate made of ivory. bundesfinanzministerium.de.
personal data
SURNAME Zeller, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeller, Philipp Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, art turner and ivory carver
DATE OF BIRTH December 1581
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1620
Place of death Dresden