The shape is entirely within the bounds of late baroque taste, and no important asymmetrical motifs are evident in the elaborate scrollwork except in a decorative cartouche on the top.
Thieves have targeted one of Europe's most famous collections of Baroque treasures, the Green Vault in Dresden in eastern Germany, getting away with jewelry estimated to be worth about a billion dollars.
The artist he chose for his deception was 17th-century Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer — an ambitious decision given Vermeer was famed for his carefully executed and technically brilliant domestic scenes.
The collection represents " a kind of world heritage" , reckons Dirk Syndram, director of the Green Vault treasury in Dresden, a baroque city on the Elbe, which houses all the gems.
It started as a private collection of animals for the Habsburg monarchy and some animals at the zoo are housed in historic Baroque buildings to this day.
A local group called I Like Santo Domingo lobbied for the cathedral bells, which are housed in their own baroque tower, to be rung in honour of the dead.