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Source Description
The "tazza" bowl is decorated in high relief in the Italian late 16th-century style with bacchanalia scenes (showing a procession of followers of Bacchus, the Roman wine god). Scholars remain divided as to whether the bowl is genuine or a forgery. In the center of the "tazza" is a 16th-century Limoges enamel showing St. John the Baptist with his lamb. The foot of the tazza appears to be a later addition. When Henry Walters acquired this piece, he thought it was made by the Nuremberg goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507-1585).
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Document identity
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38062
label
""Tazza"" with St. John the Baptist and a Bacchanalia
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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38062
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object
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title
""Tazza"" with St. John the Baptist and a Bacchanalia
description
The "tazza" bowl is decorated in high relief in the Italian late 16th-century style with bacchanalia scenes (showing a procession of followers of Bacchus, the Roman wine god). Scholars remain divided as to whether the bowl is genuine or a forgery. In the center of the "tazza" is a 16th-century Limoges enamel showing St. John the Baptist with his lamb. The foot of the tazza appears to be a later addition. When Henry Walters acquired this piece, he thought it was made by the Nuremberg goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507-1585).
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century (?) 19th century (?)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
tazzas
vessels
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Source extras
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silver-gilt, painted enamelenamel
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33562
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EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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