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Coppa con delle scimmie

ca. 1425–50
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14
Questa coppa, uno degli esemplari medievali in smalto più belli a noi pervenuti creati per una tavola principesca, raffigura una leggenda popolare sulla stoltezza umana. Un venditore ambulante viene derubato nel sonno da una banda di scimmie. Disteso appena sopra la base della coppa, rimane immobile mentre le scimmie gli strappano gli indumenti. Altre scimmie, dopo aver rubato i suoi averi, saltellano sui rami sovrastanti. L’inusuale tecnica di smalto a grisaille si trova anche in numerosi altri oggetti a noi pervenuti, tutti collegati alle corti dei duchi di Borgogna.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Coppa con delle scimmie
  • Data: ca. 1430-40
  • Area geografica: Probabilmente proveniente dai territori della Borgogna
  • Cultura: Paesi Bassi meridionali
  • Materiale e tecnica: Argento, argento dorato, smalto dipinto
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 20 cm, diam. 11,7 cm
  • Crediti: The Cloisters Collection, 1952
  • Numero d'inventario: 52.5
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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