Metadata: Fireback
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker | Caster
- Title:
- Fireback
- Date:
- Creation: 1628
- Inventory Number:
- 1931-034/001
- Collection:
- Firebacks
- Domain:
- Metallurgy
- Designation:
- Fireback
- Iconography:
- Saint Paul
- Fabulous animal
- Material | Technique:
- Cast iron
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 88.000000 x 99.000000 x 2.500000 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (PE[TRUS FISCH] ABBAS • DO[MINUS EPTERNACENSIS] / MDCXXVIII)
- Inscription (PETR[US] RICH[ARDO]TUS ABBAS D[OMI]N[U]S EPTERNACENSIS / [AE]TERNIS PALMA AETERNA)
- Date (1619)
- Date (1628)
- Description:
- Abbots Pierre FISCH, Pierre RICHARDOT, Echternach Abbey Coat of arms of Pierre FISCH de Rosport: a dolphin with two roses, above a star and below a Maltese cross. Inscription: PE[TRUS FISCH] ABBAS - DO[MINUS EPTERNACENSIS] / MDCXXVIII. In the centre the coat of arms of Pierre RICHARDOT: two crossed palm fronds with four stars (one star is missing on the plate), mitre and crosier. Inscription: PETR[US] RICH[ARDO]TUS ABBAS D[OMI]N[U]S EPTERNACENSIS / [AE]TERNIS PALMA AETERNA (To the eternal belongs the eternal palm) / 1619. On the right, the abbey's coat of arms: a crowned double-headed eagle with a swearing hand. Below: St Paul between two griffins Above this, the year 1628 twice. Around the coat of arms of RICHARDOT the year 1619
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg
- Location:
- Depot
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 06.03.2026
