Southern Europe 1400-1600 Flashcards
Conquest of Trebizond Cassone
Type: cassone, chest, case furniture
Materials/Techniques: wood, gesso, tempera, gilding
Creator/Culture: Workshop of Appolonio di Giovanni and Marco del Buono/Italian (Florentine)
Date/Period: after 1461/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Florence, Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Birth Tray of Lorenzo de’Medici (The Triumph of Fame)
Type: birth tray
Materials/Techniques: tempera and gilding on panel
Dimensions: Diam. 62.5 cm
Creator/Culture: Attr. to Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, called Lo Scheggia/Italian
Date/Period: 1449/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Birth Tray of Lorenzo de’Medici (reverse, Medici Family Crest)
Type: birth tray
Materials/Techniques: tempera and gilding on panel
Dimensions: Diam. 62.5 cm
Creator/Culture: Attr. to Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, called Lo Scheggia/Italian
Date/Period: 1449/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio
Type: little studio, room
Materials/Techniques: Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak and fruitwoods in walnut base/inlay, intarsia
Designer: Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Maker: (under the supervision of Francesco di Giorgio Martini) Executed in the workshop of Giuliano da Maiano and Benedetto da Maiano
Culture: Italian
Date/Period: ca. 1478–82/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Italy
Description: Details of individual panels illustrating attributes of both the active and contemplative life including books, arms, and musical instruments.
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medal of Lionello d’Este (reverse, Lion being Taught by Cupid to Sing)
Type: medal
Materials/Techniques: cast bronze
Dimensions: Diam. 10.2 cm
Artist: Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano)
Culture: Italian
Date/Period: 1444/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Verona, Italy
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Parade Helmet (also called Burgonet)
Type: helmet, burgonet
Materials/Techniques: steel, embossed and damascened with gold, textile
Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in.; W. 7 5/16 in.; D. 11 1/2 in.; Wt. 4 lb. 2 oz.
Armorer: Filippo Negroli
Culture: Italian
Date/Period: 1543/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Milan, Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Salt Cellar of Francis I
Type: saliera, salt cellar
Materials/Techniques: gold, enamel, ebony base
Dimensions: 26 x 33.5 cm
Artist/Patron: Benvenuto Cellini/Originally designed for Cardinal Ippolito d’Este
Culture: Italian (designed)
Date/Period: ca. 1540/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Paris, France
Repository: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Armorial plate (contest between Apollo and Pan judged by King Midas)
Type: armorial plate, tondino
Materials/Techniques: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions: Diam. 27.5 cm
Artist/Patron: Nicola da Urbino/From a service made for Isabella d’Este
Culture: Italian
Date/Period: ca. 1524/Renaissance
Style Period/Style: Renaissance/istoriato
Place of Origin: Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Escritorio (fall front cabinet)
Type: cabinet, desk
Materials/Techniques: Walnut with inlay of box, bone (some stained green), and other woods; stand of carved walnut, possibly later
Maker: unknown
Culture: Spanish
Date/Period: ca. 1550-1600/Renaissance
Style Period/Style: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Spain, possibly Aragon
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Woven Border with Emblems of the Strozzi Family
Type: textile, possibly bedhanging or valance
Materials/Techniques: silk and linen
Dimensions: 129 x 19 ¼ in.
Culture: Italian
Date/Period: possibly 1480-1600/Renaissance
Style Period/Style: Renaissance
Place of Origin: Possibly Strozzi Palace, Florence, Italy
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Bowl with arms of the Dazzi Family
Type: bowl
Materials/Techniques: tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: D. 9 in.
Culture: Spanish
Date/Period: 1430-60/Renaissance
Style Period: Renaissance
Place of Origin: probably Manises, Valencia, Spain
Repository: The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
