Not currently on display at the V&A

Inkstand

mid 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Group in bronze, arranged as an inkstand. St Jerome (or Mark), in rough flowing drapery, is seated on a tree-stump, taking a thorn out of the foot of the lion on the ground beside him. On an oval base, at the end of which stands an urn to contain ink.


Object details

Categories
Household Objects
Sculpture
Metalwork
Object type
Inkstand
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Inkstand, bronze, with figure of St Mark , bronze, Italian (Venetian), middle of the 16th century
Physical description
Group in bronze, arranged as an inkstand. St Jerome (or Mark), in rough flowing drapery, is seated on a tree-stump, taking a thorn out of the foot of the lion on the ground beside him. On an oval base, at the end of which stands an urn to contain ink.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
  • Base length: 13.5cm
Style
Renaissance
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Production
Once ascribed to Jacopo Sansovino
Subjects depicted
Lion
Jerome (Saint)
Mark (Saint)
Bibliographic reference
'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 6
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.101-1910

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2004
Record URL
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