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Brocca

Manufactory Medici Porcelain Manufactory Italian
ca. 1575–87
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 503
I primi tentativi rintracciabili per creare oggetti di porcellana in Europa furono fatti nei laboratori della corte medicea a Firenze sul finire del Cinquecento. Grazie al sostegno di Francesco I de’ Medici, gran duca di Toscana, intorno al 1574 gli artigiani cominciarono a sperimentare la lavorazione della porcellana a imitazione del vasellame cinese bianco e blu, che era tenuto in grande considerazione in Europa. Anche se le ceramiche cinesi e ottomane influenzarono i motivi ornamentali della porcellana dei Medici, molte forme eseguite nel laboratorio ducale si ispiravano al vasellame contemporaneo in pietra dura o a lavori di oreficeria, come la brocca qui raffigurata. Attualmente sopravvivono soltanto una sessantina di oggetti noti come porcellane dei Medici.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Brocca
  • Data: ca. 1575-87
  • Area geografica: Italia, Firenze
  • Materiale e tecnica: Porcellana a pasta tenera
  • Dimensioni: 20,3 x 10,8 x 12,4 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Numero d'inventario: 17.190.2045
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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