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Object NameJug with Coat of Arms of a Medici Pope
Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding
Date1513-1534
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 19.8 cm, W: 17.1 cm, Diam (max): 17.1 cm; Rim Diam (max): 9.65 cm
Accession Number2005.3.28
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Houghton Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive NotesThe coat of arms indicates these objects belonged to a pope from the powerful Medici family, either Leo X (1513–1521) or Clement VII (1523–1534). The Medici were the ruling family of Tuscany, Italy, from the mid-1400s until the early-1700s.
Body is decorated, on each side, with square web pattern in red enamel filled with yellow, blue, and white enamel dots. Front shows coat of arms of Medici family of Florence, crowned by papal tiara with crossed keys, rendered in yellow, red, blue, and white enamel paints. Neck is decorated with gilded band around rim and with minute traces of gilding on top of blue wrap. Shoulder is decorated with frieze of gilding scratched into lozenges adorned with blue enamel dots. Frieze is bordered, above and below, with red enamel dots. Back of handle and foot-ring are cold-painted with bronze color; former is also adorned with scale pattern in red.
Provenance
Source
Christopher Fish
- 2003
Former Collection
Private Collection in The Netherlands
Former Collection
Fritz Biemann
Acquired from Christopher Fish. Formerly in the collection of Fritz Biemann, Zurich, and a private collection in the Netherlands.
Acquired from Christopher Fish. Formerly in the collection of Fritz Biemann, Zurich, and a private collection in the Netherlands.
about 1875-1895
1601
1596
possibly about 1887; perhaps 1312-1326
possibly 1480-1490
about 1680
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