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Pilaster

ca. 1475-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pilaster from an alterpiece, decorated with grotesque design.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Istrian stone
Brief description
Architectural pilaster, Istrian stone, Italian, ca. 1475-1500
Physical description
Pilaster from an alterpiece, decorated with grotesque design.
Gallery label
TWO PILASTERS About 1475-1500 Pilasters were used in ancient Roman architecture and were revived in the mid 15th century. This pair may have served as parts of door jambs, or as an architectural frame for a tabernacle. Their decoration, with its fantastic animals, masks and candelabra, is known as 'grotesque', since it originated in the grotte, or underground rooms, unearthed in Rome during the 1490s. Italy, Emilia Romagna Istrian stone Museum nos. 7808&A-1862(2008)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1862. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 1
Collection
Accession number
7808-1862

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Record createdJuly 18, 2008
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