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Nautilus Cup   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Netherlands)Unknown author
Title
Nautilus Cup
Description
English: Shells of the pearly chambered nautilus were imported from the Indian and Pacific Oceans as natural marvels because of the lustrous beauty of the shell when polished and its amazing interior structure. A luxurious drinking vessel for court feasts, this cup underscores the host's magnificence and power over nature. Goldsmiths designing the mounts for these shells gave free rein to their imaginations, fashioning figures such as Atlas, a legendary titan of Greco-Roman mythology, who was said to balance the heavens on his back. The artist playfully calls attention to the artful contradictions of the piece. Although the shell is very light, Atlas' muscles are flexed in strain.
Date circa 1630
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
([[Category:Unsupported period|Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
]]Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium nautilus shell, gilded on silver mounts
Dimensions 22.1 cm (8.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
57.989
Place of creation Netherlands
Object history
  • Unknown date: purchased by Caspar Bourgeois and Stephen Bourgeois, Cologne
  • Sale, Cologne, October 19, 1904, no. 554
  • Unknown date: purchased by Raoul Heilbronner, Paris
  • 1908: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1908
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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