Accession Nr.: 52.2891.1
Date of production:
early 19th century
Place of production: Hungary
Materials: canvas
Techniques: painted
Dimensions:
length: 225 cm
width: 101 cm
White linen, painted in Empire style, showing a bronze tripos in a laurel frame arched at the top, with a polychrome bunch of flowers in the bowl. It is surmounted by a burning lucerna, hanging from a rosette. The serpent handles of the lucerna are connected with the laurel frame by a gar-land of threads, enriched with precious stones, the plinth of the tripos rests on a pair of volutes with acanthus leaves. The volute pair is connected with the frame by garlands and coiling rods that end in pines.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.125. (Pásztor Emese)