Stove tile - With the figure of Hercules (?)

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 61.490.1
Date of production:
second half of the 16th cent.
Place of production: Tyrol
Materials: glazed earthenware
Techniques: covered with green lead-glaze; pressed in mould by hand
Dimensions:
height: 17,8 cm
width: 17,8 cm
thickness: 6,2 cm
Square-shaped front, decorated with a youth dressed in Roman clothes, holding a sheaf with a serpent in his right hand his left hand is raised. A Janus-head stands beside him to his left. The youth framed by arches and columns. Triple leaves decorate the upper corners. Companion pieces: Inv. Nos. 53.4686, 61.491 and 61.493.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 239. (Cserey Éva)