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Aguamanil con remate en forma de hombre salvaje

ca. 1500
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14
El hombre barbudo blandiendo un garrote que remata este aguamanil hace alusión a unos personajes legendarios denominados «hombres salvajes», presentes en el arte y la literatura de la Baja Edad Media. Estos habitantes de los bosques tenían fama de ser muy viriles y de dejarse llevar por sus instintos primitivos. Se cree que este aguamanil y su pareja son los mencionados en los inventarios de 1526 y 1585 de los Caballeros Teutónicos, una sociedad militar y religiosa fundada durante las Cruzadas. Aunque carecen de contrastes, se atribuyen a la próspera ciudad de Núremberg por comparación estilística con la obra del orfebre local Sebastian Lindenast el Viejo.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Aguamanil con remate en forma de hombre salvaje
  • Fecha: Finales del siglo XV
  • Geografía: Alemania, probablemente Núremberg
  • Material: Plata dorada, esmalte, pintura
  • Dimensiones: a. 63,5 cm
  • Crédito: Colección de Los Claustros, 1953
  • Número de inventario: 53.20.2
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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