John Harvey's carved mantle-piece, ca.1570 : an early instance of the use of Alciato emblems in England

Author

Daly, Peter M.; Hooper, Bari

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Andrea Alciato and the emblem tradition : essays in honor of Virginia Woods Callahan

Author (monograph)

Daly, Peter M. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Andrea Alciato and the emblem tradition : essays in honor of Virginia Woods Callahan. 1989, p. 177-204, 8 ill.

Publisher

AMS, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Describes and interprets the decoration of the carved clunch stone chimney piece which was commissioned ca.1570 by yeoman farmer and rope maker John Harvey (d.1593) for his house in Market Street, Saffron Walden (now in the Saffron Walden Museum). Concludes that each of the Alciato emblem pictures was given a new moralizing motto which, taken together, form a series of related statements on the value of labor.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Sculpture
• Fireplaces
• Great Britain
• Saffron Walden (GBR)//John Harvey house (Market Street)
• Iconography
• Work
• Emblems
• Sources
• Italy
• Ethics
• Harvey, John, the elder, d.1593
• Commissions
• Saffron Walden Museum||Saffron Walden (GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Sculpture
• Cheminée
• Grande-Bretagne
• Iconographie
• Travail
• Emblème
• Sources
• Italie
• Ethique
• Harvey, John, l'Ancien, m.1593
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Saffron Walden Museum||Saffron Walden (GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00448717

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