Stove tile - With the figure of Hercules (?)
Accession Nr.: | 61.490.1 |
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Date of production: |
second half of the 16th cent.
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Place of production: | Tyrol |
Materials: | glazed earthenware |
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Techniques: | covered with green lead-glaze; pressed in mould by hand |
Dimensions: |
height: 17,8 cm
width: 17,8 cm
thickness: 6,2 cm
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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)