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| Keywords: Workshop of Paolo di Giovanni Fei - Chalice - Walters 44223 - Detail A.jpg Family workshops were very common among goldsmiths which can sometimes make attribution difficult One of the most celebrated fourteenth-century goldsmiths Tondino active 1308-ca 1338 was the son of a goldsmith named Gerrino Tondino's brother and son both named Giacomo were also in the profession This chalice with the busts of the apostles was likely produced in that workshop signed by Giacomo of Siena who might be either the son or the grandson of the elder Guerrino The extent of the collaboration between this Giacomo and Paolo di Giovanni whose name also appears on the chalice is uncertain Paolo could have been a permanent member of the workshop or an associate engaged only occasionally for specific commissions The chalice is enhanced by the addition of basse-taille enamels a technique developed in Italy during the late thirteenth century in which translucent enamels are applied to metal surfaces that have been chased and engraved in low relief producing a brilliant painterly effect Siena was widely known as an important center for the production of basse-taille enamels century 14 Medieval silver gilded copper basse-taille enamel cm 22 4 13 5 13 5 accession number 44 223 26370 Raoul Heilbronner Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Signature around the stem Paulo di Giovani e and Iacomo de Seni The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 The Book of Kings Art War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 2002 For This is My Body The Medieval Missal The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2007 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Paolo di Giovanni Fei Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Basse-taille enamel | ||||
