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Urna

Attributed to Michel Redlin German
ca. 1680
Not on view
Questa urna da “parata” (creata solo come oggetto da esposizione) proveniente da Gdansk, in Polonia, è uno degli esempi più importanti e meglio conservati di lavorazione dell’ambra del Seicento. Praticamente contiene tutti i tipi di ambra, traslucida, opaca e lattiginosa, per sottolineare l’interazione tra arte e natura, la caratteristica più ambita di un oggetto da collezione o da “gabinetto delle meraviglie” (Kunstkammer). In epoca post-medievale, l’ambra, chiamata anche “l’oro del mar Baltico”, veniva considerata una sostanza di origini mitiche e dai magici poteri. Qui la superficie è delicatamente incisa con scene pastorali e di paesaggi, ravvivate da un complesso sistema di sezioni rettangolari e ovali composte da sottilissime lamine di ambra trasparente. L’ingegnoso intaglio con la tornitura e le incisioni creano una gamma di colori dai caldi toni del sole al tramonto che incantano l’osservatore.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Urna
  • Artista: Michel Redlin, Tedesco, attestato 1688
  • Data: ca. 1680
  • Materiale e tecnica: Ambra, foglia d'oro, ottone dorato, legno, raso di seta, carta
  • Dimensioni: 30 x 33 x 21 cm
  • Crediti: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 2006
  • Numero d'inventario: 2006.452a–c
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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