Pilaster
ca. 1475-1500 (made)
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Pilaster from an alterpiece, decorated with grotesque design.
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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) |
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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 |
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Accession number | 7808-1862 |
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Record created | July 18, 2008 |
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