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Inkstand

Inkstand

  • Place of origin:

    Venice, Italy (made)

  • Date:

    1550-1600 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Bronze

  • Museum number:

    567&A-1865

  • Gallery location:

    Medieval and Renaissance, room 62, case 6

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Italian Renaissance bronze sculptures have survived in reasonable numbers. The majority of these works were made not only for their aesthetic appeal but also as functional objects. Here a statuette representing Hope enlivens an inkstand - an essential piece of equipment for a scholar's study.

Physical description

Bronze triangular inkstand supported on three lions holding shields, surmounted by the figure of Hope.

Place of Origin

Venice, Italy (made)

Date

1550-1600 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Bronze

Dimensions

Height: 26 cm, Width: 16 cm maximum, Depth: 13 cm, Weight: 1.6 kg

Object history note

ex Soulages collection

Descriptive line

Inkstand, bronze inkstand in two parts depicting the figure of Hope, Italy (Venice), late 16th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Penny, Nicholas. Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum 1540 to the Present Day. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1992, (3 vols), Volume 1: Italian, p.285
Noting a similarity between an inkstand from the Fortnum Collection, now in the Ashmolean (cat. no. 225) - a relationship noted by C.D.E. Fortnum in the catalogue of his collection.
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1865. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868., p. 29.

Subjects depicted

Lions (animals); Hope; Shields (armor); Anchors (watercraft equipment)

Categories

Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

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Qr_O107324
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