MAKE A MEME View Large Image Italian - "Tazza" with St John the Baptist and a Bacchanalia - Walters 57682.jpg The tazza bowl is decorated in high relief in the Italian late 16th-century style with bacchanalia scenes showing a procession of followers of Bacchus the ...
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Keywords: Italian - "Tazza" with St John the Baptist and a Bacchanalia - Walters 57682.jpg The tazza bowl is decorated in high relief in the Italian late 16th-century style with bacchanalia scenes showing a procession of followers of Bacchus the Roman wine god Scholars remain divided as to whether the bowl is genuine or a forgery In the center of the tazza is a 16th-century Limoges enamel showing St John the Baptist with his lamb The foot of the tazza appears to be a later addition When Henry Walters acquired this piece he thought it was made by the Nuremberg goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer ca 1507-1585 century 16 19th century silver-gilt painted enamel enamel Diam cm 27 6 accession number 57 682 38062 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum
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