Medici mounted hardstone vessels in the Pitti Palace

Author

Piacenti, Kirsten Aschengreen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Silver Society journal. 1994, Num. 5, 206-211, 8 ill.

ISSN

0960-8745

Abstract (en)

Looks at the Medici pietre dure collection in the Museo degli Argenti (Florence), which can be divided into two distinct groups. One consists of a series of massive vases in onyx, sardonyx, amethyst or jasper, from the ancient world of Rome, and other countries bordering on the Mediterranean. They are mounted--if at all--in silver-gilt, but their mounts are rarely contemporary: most were added by Florentine goldsmiths when the vases entered the Medici collection in the 15th c. The second group is much larger and consists of vases executed in the second half of the 16th c., either in Milan or in the Grand Ducal workshops of Florence. Their mounts are mostly contemporary with the vases.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Metalwork -- Italy
• Pietra dura
• Collections
• Museo degli argenti||Firenze (ITA)
• Medici family
• Ancient [art]
• Mounts
• Italy
• 1400-1600
• Goldsmithing

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Arts du métal -- Italie
• Pietra dura
• Collections
• Museo degli argenti||Firenze (ITA)
• Medici, famille
• Antique (art)
• Monture
• Italie
• 1400-1600
• Orfèvrerie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00313159

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