Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Such a refined object could have found a place either on the banquet table of a noble household or in a collection of masterpieces in rock crystal. Dolphins with entwined tails support the fish, while the wavy patterns on the base represent flowing water. During the late Renaissance and Baroque periods, natural shapes were often imitated in elaborate virtuoso displays, as is splendidly demonstrated here. Vessels in the shapes of fishes were a particular specialty of the Sarachi family in Milan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
22695
label
Vessel in the Shape of a Fish
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22695
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vessel in the Shape of a Fish
description
Such a refined object could have found a place either on the banquet table of a noble household or in a collection of masterpieces in rock crystal. Dolphins with entwined tails support the fish, while the wavy patterns on the base represent flowing water. During the late Renaissance and Baroque periods, natural shapes were often imitated in elaborate virtuoso displays, as is splendidly demonstrated here. Vessels in the shapes of fishes were a particular specialty of the Sarachi family in Milan.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1590-1600 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
vessels
ornaments
fish
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.9
height
29.2
dimensionsRaw
7 7/16 x 11 1/2 in. (18.9 x 29.2 cm)
Source extras
med
rock crystal, agate, later gilded silver mounts
creator_ids
2684
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
1994
2677
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bef54f4fc6a3d7e6