Footed bowl - amoretto playing the bagpipes
| Accession Nr.: | 24231 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Calamelli, Virgiliotto (1500 - 1574) / worshop |
| Date of production: |
1550-1570
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| Materials: | majolica |
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| Techniques: | polychrome painting |
| Dimensions: |
height: 7,2 cm
base: 11 cm
diameter: 23 cm
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The fluted, deep bowl, with a boss in the middle, stands on a short, curving base. The exterior has a relief decoration: palmettes, surmounted by masks on the base. On the interior are stylized flowers, foliage, and an amoretto playing the bagpipes on the middle boss. A similar piece, a well-known bowl on a base, with a flying amoretto in the middle, is in the Kunstgewerbe Museum der Stadt Köln another is in the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum of Braunschweig.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 74. (Balla Gabriella)
- Brestyánszky Ilona: Italienische Majolikakunst. Italienische Majolika in ungarischen Sammlungen. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1967. - Nr. 39.
