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Inkstand

Inkstand

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1500 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    silvered and gilded copper

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by D. M. Currie

  • Museum number:

    M.167-1921

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is an inkstand made in North Italy, in about 1500. This inkstand is in silvered and gilded copper and made of the reliefs, after plaquettes by the Coriolanus Master, representing The Life of Coriolanus.

Physical description

Inkstand with scenes from The Life of Coriolanus. The reliefs, after plaquettes by the Coriolanus Master, represents the banishment of Coriolanus (left), Coriolanus leaving Rome and Coriolanus in battle before Rome (front), and Coriolanus reproached by his mother (right).

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

ca. 1500 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

silvered and gilded copper

Marks and inscriptions

"C. MARTII. CORIOLANI. PIET AS. IN. MATREM. S. P. Q. R. OBSESSVM."

Descriptive line

Inkstand, the life of Coriolanus. Italian ca. 1500.

Labels and date

INKSTAND WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CORIOLANUS
Copper, silvered and gilded
North Italian (provenance uncertain); about 1500
Currie Bequest
The reliefs, after plaquettes by the Coriolanus Master, show (left) the banishment of Coriolanus, (front) Coriolanus leaving Rome and Coriolanus in battle before Rome, and (right) Coriolanus reproached by his mother. Round the base is the inscription: C.MARTII.CORIOLANI.PIETAS.IN.MATREM.S.P.Q.R.OBSESSVM.

Materials

Copper

Subjects depicted

Coriolanus

Categories

Household objects; Metalwork

Collection code

MET

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Qr_O128884
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