Seite - 398 - in Die kaiserliche Gemäldegalerie in Wien und die Anfänge des öffentlichen Kunstmuseums - Europäische Museumskultur um 1800, Band 2

398 Meijers From an International Perspective Fig. 13 Benvenuto Cellini, Salt cellar. Gold with enamel, 1539–43. Vienna, KHM, Kunstkam- mer, Inv.no. KK 881. Since 1891 this precious object from the Kunstkammer of Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol was displayed in room XIX of the new museum and given a specific context by the ceiling painting of J. V. Berger. Cellini is represented seated to the left holding the salt cellar on his lap.