La Table Farnèse

Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola Italian
 Marble piers carved by Guglielmo della Porta Italian
 Pietre Dure top attributed to Giovanni Mynardo (Jean Ménard) French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 503

Cette table monumentale est l’expression par excellence de la Haute Renaissance romaine. Bien que la paternité de ses composantes soit imprécise, le concepteur aurait été Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (Italien, 1507–1573), auteur des superbes décors du palais Farnèse, à Rome, auquel cette somptueuse table était destinée. Le plateau, œuvre de Jean Ménard, artiste français actif en Italie de 1525 à 1582, est composé d’une mosaïque de pietre dure (pierres dures), c’est-à-dire de pièces de marbre et de pierres semi-précieuses, encadrant deux « fenêtres » centrales en albâtre d’Égypte. Les trois pieds de marbre ont vraisemblablement été sculptés par Guglielmo della Porta (Italien, v. 1515–1577) et par les artisans du palais qui travaillaient sous sa direction. La fleur de lys est l’emblème de la famille Farnèse, et les armes qui ornent les pieds massifs sont celles du cardinal Alexandre Farnèse.

The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome

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The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
The Farnese Table, Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome), Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome

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