The Birthday of the Grand Mogul Aurangzeb,
Throne of Grand Mogul Aurengzeb, overview
Johann Melchior Dinglinger (design) [1701-1708]
The "Grand Mogul's Throne", as contemporary sources called it, is a chef-d'œuvre of European Baroque goldsmith art. Its overall design is the first extensive document of Chinoiserie in Germany. His combination of fashionable interlacing with Far Eastern elements that can easily be applied to organize the surface of objects, Dinglinger helped forge the style of the Dresden Baroque.
Today, the ensemble still consists of 132 figures and thirty-two gift items made of enameled gold. They are arranged on a silver, silver gilt, and a gold stage that is conceived as an architectural feature.
Between 1701 and 1708 Johann Melchior Dinglinger contructed the palace along with his brothers, the enamel artist Georg Friedrich (1666-1720) and the gold worker Georg Christoph (1668-1746).
The Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) is now a museum spreading over the first and second floor of the Western section of the Royal Palace (Residenzschloss) in Dresden. On the first floor there is the Historic Green Vault and on the second floor the New Green Vault.
The Birthday of the Grand Mogul Aurangzeb,
Throne of Grand Mogul Aurengzeb, overview
Johann Melchior Dinglinger (design) [1701-1708]
The "Grand Mogul's Throne", as contemporary sources called it, is a chef-d'œuvre of European Baroque goldsmith art. Its overall design is the first extensive document of Chinoiserie in Germany. His combination of fashionable interlacing with Far Eastern elements that can easily be applied to organize the surface of objects, Dinglinger helped forge the style of the Dresden Baroque.
Today, the ensemble still consists of 132 figures and thirty-two gift items made of enameled gold. They are arranged on a silver, silver gilt, and a gold stage that is conceived as an architectural feature.
Between 1701 and 1708 Johann Melchior Dinglinger contructed the palace along with his brothers, the enamel artist Georg Friedrich (1666-1720) and the gold worker Georg Christoph (1668-1746).
The Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) is now a museum spreading over the first and second floor of the Western section of the Royal Palace (Residenzschloss) in Dresden. On the first floor there is the Historic Green Vault and on the second floor the New Green Vault.