A Triumph
Artistafter
Marcantonio Raimondi
(Italian, c. 1470-1482 – c. 1534)
Dateca. 1510-20
CultureNorthern Italian; possibly Lombard or Venetian
MediumReverse painted and gilded glass (verre églomisé)
ClassificationDecorative Arts
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #735), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1189
The subject and composition of this verre églomisé (reverse painted and gilded glass) ultimately derive from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (Bolognese, ca. 1470/82-1527/34). In it, the interest in antiquity that played a fundamental role in the Renaissance is evident: the subject is a classical triumph, several figures are copied from antique sources, and the treatment of the figures and the composition recalls ancient relief sculpture. A piece like this would have been a splendid decoration in an elite Renaissance home.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 05
Collections
Framed (at widest point): 33 3/4 x 31 x 6 3/4 in. (85.7 x 78.7 x 17.1 cm)
Late 16th or early 17th century
ca. 1600
Empress Elizabeth Amalie Eugenie
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: late sixteenth century
Pope Clement XI
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: eighteenth century
Pope Benedict XIV
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: eighteenth century
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: mid to late sixteenth century
Case: late fifteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: mid- or late sixteenth century
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: late sixteenth century
Case: early seventeenth century; Wax: mid to late sixteenth century
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: early seventeenth century