Skull chalice (Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen, Denmark)

This golden chalice was made for King Christian IV’s sister, Duchess Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp in 1632. The engravings on the the chalice can also be found in the illustrations of the Lutheran Strasbourg translation of the Bible, published just two years before in 1630.

Posted on November 19th, 2018 under Denmark • Tags: copenhagen, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, rosenborg. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed