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Globe cup
Ritter, Christoph (III)ca. 1640
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A kneeling Julius Caesar carries a terrestrial globe on his right shoulder. He is here represented as the founder of the Roman Empire. The names of the other great empires of antiquity – Assyria, Persia and Greece – are inscribed in escutcheons on the cup’s base. To drink from the cup, the top section of the terrestrial globe is removed.
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Details
- Title: Globe cup
- Creator: Ritter, Christoph (III)
- Date Created: ca. 1640
- Physical Dimensions: zilver
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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