Coppa con delle scimmie

Paesi Bassi meridionali

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.

Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish

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Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish

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