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Source Description
Along with its associations with distant lands and gigantic beats, the round shape of the elephant tusk, which is hollow at the base, made ivory a popular material for carved cups and tankards to be used and admired as luxury goods, especially by wealthy Germans.The subjects of the reliefs are usually classical, permitting lightly draped gods and goddesses, sensuously interpreted in the creamy, smoothly polished ivory that appeals to the touch as well as to the eye. The goal was a composition running seamlessly around the vessel. Instead of a single story, this artist depicts pairs of Olympian gods including Jupiter and Juno, in affectionate relationships, garments and gestures gracefully leading the eye to the next couple.
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Document identity
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7171
label
Covered Tankard with the Olympian Gods
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object
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Source metadata
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7171
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title
Covered Tankard with the Olympian Gods
description
Along with its associations with distant lands and gigantic beats, the round shape of the elephant tusk, which is hollow at the base, made ivory a popular material for carved cups and tankards to be used and admired as luxury goods, especially by wealthy Germans.The subjects of the reliefs are usually classical, permitting lightly draped gods and goddesses, sensuously interpreted in the creamy, smoothly polished ivory that appeals to the touch as well as to the eye. The goal was a composition running seamlessly around the vessel. Instead of a single story, this artist depicts pairs of Olympian gods including Jupiter and Juno, in affectionate relationships, garments and gestures gracefully leading the eye to the next couple.
provenance
Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1685-1700 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
tankards
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32.4
height
7.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 3/4 x W: 2 13/16 in. (32.4 x 7.2 cm)
Source extras
med
carved ivory, gilt on silver
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
1994
215
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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