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| Keywords: Workshop of the Embriachi family - Bridal Casket with Scenes from the Life of Paris - Walters 71242.jpg The workshop of the Embriachi family in Venice produced a variety of luxury objects decorated with carved plaques of bone and inlays of stained wood bone and horn The scenes are taken from classical literature Depicted here are incidents from the life of the Trojan prince Paris his childhood abandonment and rescue is combined with the more familiar stories of Paris' judgment of the goddesses Hera Aphrodite and Athena and his abduction of Helen the incident which caused the Trojan war Such caskets were often given to a lady upon marriage to hold her bridal jewels The empty shields on the lid would have been painted with the coats of arms of the woman and her husband They may have worn off over time ca 1430 Late Medieval bone horn inlay and stained wood cm 25 1 25 5 23 accession number 71 242 20503 F Ongania Venice date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Window Display at Enoch Pratt Library Enoch Pratt Free Library Baltimore 1979 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Embriachi workshop Late medieval way of life preserved and reconstructed artefacts Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
