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| Keywords: Andreas Spatz - Large Jug - Walters 481371.jpg The decoration in bright enamel with arcaded friezes is typical of the earthenware produced by the prominent workshop of Paul Preuning in Nuremberg The figures in relief are based on contemporary German prints and were created by pressing clay into shallow metal molds They depict the well-rounded life loyalty to the empire personal virtue and attention to personal satisfaction The top row features a coat of arms with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire with portraits of the German princes who elected the emperor In the central row of personifications of the Virtues we see Charity with two children and Temperance pouring water into her wine based on engravings by Virgil Solis 1514-62 while the bottom row includes personifications of the senses of smell and taste The pewter lid is a replacement and bears the stamp of the Nuremberg pewter maker Andreas Spatz active 1704-52 ca 1550 1560 Renaissance earthenware with enamel pewter mounts cm 52 7 accession number 48 1371 6393 Collection of Millani of Frankfurt Jacques Seligmann Paris Henry Walters Baltimore ca 1920 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters ca 1920 Pewter mounts have the stamp of Andreas Spatz World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Andreas Spatz Prince-electors Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
