Rijksmuseum
Nautilus cup
Joachim Hiller- Date
- c. 1600
- Medium
- nautilus shell, amethyst (mineral), silver (metal)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
This nautilus shell has been cleverly used to represent the body of a realistically rendered ostrich. Ever since Classical antiquity this bird has been a symbol of virtue. Even though it cannot fly, it surpasses all other twolegged creatures in the speed with which it can run. Virtue thus always triumphs.
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