Vase in the Shape of a Pilgrim Flask

ca. 1600 (Late Renaissance) 12 1/16 in. (30.7 cm) Citation Source image

The colorful floral ornaments with fantastical creatures reflect the Italian Renaissance delight in the patterns with composite figures called "grotesques" because they were first seen in the decoration of an underground room, or grotto, found in the ruins of Nero's palace in...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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