Art Institute of Chicago
Footed Bowl
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- Date
- c. 1490
- Medium
- Blue glass, enamel, and gilding
- Culture
- Venice
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 179970
This footed bowl was intended to make a luxurious statement in late fifteenth-century Italy. Brilliant blue glass, meant to replicate the color of sapphires, was a specialty of Venetian glass blowers. The finely painted enameled decoration—cherubs and fantastical sphinxes—as well as the classical shape of the vessel, reflects the Italian Renaissance admiration for art and design of ancient Rome. Such bowls were used only for special occasions such as weddings or celebratory feasts. This example’s gilded rim is inscribed with the phrase TENPORE FELICI MVLTI NOMINANTVR AMICI [In times of abundance one has lots of friends] that evokes a festive environment of largess in which the bowl was originally used.
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- Credit line
- European Decorative Arts General Sales Proceeds Fund; purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society; Richard T. Crane, Jr. Memorial Fund; Neville and John H. Bryan, Rosenwald Glass, and Kay and Frederick Krehbiel endowment funds
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- Object type
- AAT300386226
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