25 mars 2024
Ornamental Ewer and Basin, so-called Trionfi-Set, Nuremberg, ca. 1601/02
Ornamental Ewer and Basin, so-called Trionfi-Set, Nuremberg, ca. 1601/02, Christoph Jamnitzer (1563 Nürnberg - 1618 Nürnberg). Gilded silver, enamel. L. 64,7 cm, B. 53 cm, H. 12 cm. Signed 'Cristofero Iamnizer fezit'. Marks Nürnberger Beschau; R 3, Nr.3839. © Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer (1104)
Here the conventional ewer and basin set that was used at the courtly table for the washing of hands has been transformed into a showpiece glorifying the emperor. The rich and complex decoration is inspired by the allegorical poem I Trionfi (Triumphs) by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). Eternity, which crowns the ewer, triumphs over Love, Chastity, Death, Fame and Time.
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