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A taça de Virgílio

ca. 1475–1500 (modern foot)
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 02
Esta magnífica taça veneziana em azul escuro, que ostenta um esmalte refinado, é um dos mais antigos exemplos desta técnica aplicada a um objeto deste tamanho. O esmalte, reminiscência dos manuscritos iluminados, ilustra uma história apócrifa sobre o poeta latino Virgílio, transformado pela imaginação popular medieval em um mago. Para vingar-se da donzela Febilla, que havia recusado sua corte, Virgílio extingue magicamente todos os fogos de Roma, exigindo que a cruel donzela fosse exposta no mercado até que todas as mulheres da cidade reacendessem suas casas com círios acendidos de um carvão em brasa mágico, que o poeta havia colocado dentro do corpo da jovem.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: A taça de Virgílio
  • Data: ca. 1475–1500
  • Geografia: Itália, Murano
  • Meio: Vidro; esmalte e dourado
  • Dimensões: 17,5 cm de altura, taça com 8,7 cm de diâmetro
  • Linha de créditos: Doação de J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Número de acesso: 17.190.730a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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