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Inkstand
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Inkstand
- Place of origin:
Venice, Italy (made)
- Date:
mid 16th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
A.101-1910
- Gallery location:
In store
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.
Place of Origin
Venice, Italy (made)
Date
mid 16th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm, Length: 13.5 cm base
Object history note
From the Salting bequest.
Descriptive line
Inkstand, bronze, with figure of St Mark , bronze, Italian (Venetian), middle of the 16th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
'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
Exhibition History
Renaissance Bronzes from the V&A (The Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney) 26/10/1982-28/11/1982)
Renaissance Bronzes from the V&A (Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) (Brisbane) 21/06/1982-15/08/1982)
Production Note
Once ascribed to Jacopo Sansovino
Materials
Bronze
Subjects depicted
Lion; Jerome (Saint); Mark (Saint)
Categories
Household objects; Metalwork; Sculpture
Collection code
SCP
