Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg
Based on an engraving by Enea Vico Italian
Probably after a design by Battista Franco Italian
Not on view
The painted scene on the interior of this cooler depicts an important sixteenth-century event—the 1547 victory of the Catholic forces of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V over his Protestant enemies. A Latin inscription identifies the scene, which was adapted from a popular print. Coolers were not originally intended to be hung on a wall, but this work’s foot was removed in later centuries when collectors preferred the vertical display of pottery.
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