Dominik Biemann, North Bohemia, Giant Mountains, circa 1825, Biedermeier period. Exceptional goblet in perfect condition.

Dominik Biemann, North Bohemia, Giant Mountains, circa 1825, Harrachsdorf (Harrachov) or Franzensbad (Frantiskove Lazne). Biedermeier period. Exceptional goblet in perfect condition attributed to the great Dominik Biemann, a work probably created for the client, Tsar Alexander I of Russia (see monogram with Russian imperial crown) or perhaps for some member of the Russian high nobility visiting Franzenbad. Height 11 cm, max width 8.3 cm. The quality of the engraving is extraordinary. The representation of the details is admirable (see, for example, the windows of the building with the glass partly illuminated from the inside or the wall with the bricks partly emerging. The horses are ground with a poignant realism and with a posture that almost makes them "alive"). The hand of the great master is evident, who has never been equaled by anyone in the art of glass engraving in any country in the world and in any era. This work can be circumscribed to the period of his life just after leaving the manufacture of his master Franz Pohl in Meisterdorf, where Biemann worked until 1824. From 1825 onwards, thanks to his acquaintance with another great master, Anton Heinrich Mattoni, he moved to the Bohemian spa towns (in particular Franzenbad, today Frantiskové Lazne). There he entered into a contract with the "beautiful world" and the aristocracy of the time, achieving fortune and success. The curved stick depicted is a scepter, a symbol of imperial power, from ancient Egyptian tradition. In the body of the dog, symmetrically in the center above the front paw, a detail is ground that is visible depending on the angle of inclination and could be a hidden monogram "B". See first photo. The scene of the carriage pulled by two horses with a driver is typical of Dominik Biemann - see similar works: Coburg noble collection in Stuttgart - Walter Gutwillinger Collection in Vienna, Richard Steiskal-Paur noble collection and Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Dominik Bimann (or Biemann) (born April 1, 1800 in Neuwald (Neuwelt) near Harrachsdorf, died September 29, 1858 in Eger now Cheb) was the best glass carver who ever lived. He continued the family tradition of glass processing and learning the technique and art from the great Franz Pohl. After attending art school he studied anatomy in Prague from 1826 to 1829 at the Academy of Fine Arts. This explains his predilection for busts and human figures that are as expressive as possible. Later he started his business right in Prague. While initially he worked on some simple crystal glasses and cups, he gradually began to receive commissions from high-level clients for complex works, such as a portrait of Goethe, his friend, and Caspar Graf von Sternberg, a member of the high Bohemian nobility. While the economy of the time was growing and taking advantage of it, Bimann moved in the summer months of 1829 to Franzensbad where some of the prestigious Bohemian glass factories were located. There he worked for the aristocratic clients of the spas and for the monarchy, mainly creating portraits on glass. He later moved to Vienna and Berlin to learn about the latest developments and artistic trends. Bimann was a true artist of the Biedermeier era. In fact, he was deeply rooted in the customs, habits and tastes of his era. When in 1855 fashion began to change and his fortunes as an artist together with the completely different world in which he lived vanished due to the spread of the industrial revolution, probably seized by despair, he attempted suicide. He died three years later due to the consequences of this attempt. Literature: Kurt Pitrrof, Dominik Biemann, Böhmischer Glasgraeur des Biedermeier Anorldosche (Germany). Das Boemische Glas Band II. Passauer Glasmuseum. Brosova Buqouy, Spiegl. Gustav Pazaurek-Eugen von Philippovich, Glaeser der Empir und Biedermeierzeit, Klinkhardt Braunscheig. Pezatova Zuzana; Broch Jndrich Title: Bohemian Engraved Glass. Feltham, Hamlyn, 1968. Paul von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren Biedermeier Alexander I Pavlovich Romanov (Russian: ????????? I ???????? ???????; Saint Petersburg, December 23, 1777 – Taganrog, December 1, 1825), known as the Blessed, was Emperor of Russia from March 23, 1801, until his death. Alexander I was one of the most interesting figures of the 19th century. Autocrat and "Jacobin", man of the world and mystic, he appears, to his contemporaries, as an enigma, which everyone can try to decipher, in accordance with their own temperament. Napoleon refers to him by calling him a cunning Byzantine, and calling him the "Talma of the North", capable of playing any part. He was a liberal and enlightened sovereign, in the troubled period in which he lived, which saw central Europe tormented by the Napoleonic wars. He often stayed in Bohemia around the 1820s, in particular in the spa town of Karlsbad and in the town of Troppau (Sudetenland, north Moravia, present-day Opava), where in 1820 he met with the Austrian prince Clement von Metternicht to end up bending to his authoritarian policy. 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