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Vase
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Vase
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Tapestry depicting Mars in grotesque
Technique and Dimensions:
cm. 363 x 630
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This large tapestry, woven in Brussels, belonged to one of the series that Perin del Vaga designed for the home of Andrea Doria, the Prince’s Palace.
This series has been modernly called Gods to grotesque: in each tapestry stands the symbol or allegory of a deity.The god Mars is here symbolized, in the center, by a panoply with two prisons, and accompanied by elaborate motifs of grotesque, phytomorphic gyros, monstrous creatures, cupids, winged victories.
Perin del Vaga, who had been a collaborator of Raphael in Rome, was called by Doria after 1527 to supervise the decoration and furnishing of that princely residence.
Tapestry depicting Mars in grotesque
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Tapestry with the stories of Alexander the Great, detail 1
Technique and Dimensions:
Cloth
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Tapestry with the stories of Alexander the Great, detail 1
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Tapestry with the stories of Alexander the Great
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Cloth
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Tapestry with the stories of Alexander the Great
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Cloth for women’s clothing (pezzotto)
Technique and Dimensions:
Printed cotton canvas with wooden dies
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Cloth for women’s clothing (pezzotto)
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Mezzaro of the Castagno
Technique and Dimensions:
Printed cotton canvas with wooden dies
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Mezzaro of the Castagno
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Titolo dell'opera:
Mezzaro of "Vacchette"
Ambito culturale:
manifattura ligure
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Mezzaro of "Vacchette"
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Inventario:
M.G.L. 1325
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 254; Larghezza: 264
Tecnica:
Oggetto complessivo - tela di cotone - stampaggio con matrici lignee
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Shawl (mezzaro) known as ‘delle Vacchette’ with a central tree at the foot of which are a squirrel and a peacock, while cows, a deer and goats are depicted on either side. The mezzero has a double border: the outer one is decorated with alpine flowers, the second with alpine scenes featuring cows and goats against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains.
Mezzaro of "Vacchette"
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Titolo dell'opera:
Mezzaro of the macaque
Ambito culturale:
manifattura genovese
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Mezzaro of the macaque
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Inventario:
M.G.L. 1326
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 250; Larghezza: 270
Tecnica:
Oggetto complessivo - tela di cotone - stampaggio a matrici lignee
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The mezzaro features red, pink, purple, two shades of blue and two shades of brown stamped decorations. The border features a double boteh motif, characteristic of oriental carpets.
The central field depicts a small mountain, on which stand a vase with peonies and tulips, a tree and a basket of fruit. On the tree, where the branches fork off from the main trunk, there is a second basket of flowers, slightly tilted and precariously balanced. A parrot, a peacock and a hoopoe are at the base of the relief, while other birds, including a bird of paradise, are perched on the branches of the tree and on the flowering shoots that protrude from the sides. Numerous flowers fill the scene, along with other animals and insects including butterflies, bees, rabbits, a deer, a mountain goat and a macaque, from which the mezzaro takes its name, climbing on the left branch at the top.
Mezzaro of the macaque
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Mezzaro of the Macaque
Object Type:
Mezzaro
Technique and Dimensions:
Printed cotton canvas with wooden dies
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Mezzaro of the Macaque
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Titolo dell'opera:
Antependium
Acquisizione:
donazione
Ambito culturale:
manifattura italiana
Author/ School/ Dating:
Antependium
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Inventario:
M.G.L. 2292
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 67; Larghezza: 220,5; Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 67; Larghezza: 220,5
Tecnica:
Oggetto complessivo - seta - raso - Ricamo - oro filato; argento filato; cordoncino dorato; seta - cucitura - Fodera - lino - tela
Ultimi prestiti:
Il fascino del colore - Passione rosso e oro - Genova - 2009
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Silk altar frontal. On a crimson satin background, there is a decoration divided into four sections embroidered in gold thread and multicoloured silk (satin stitch, split stitch and ‘or nué’). Each compositional module has two overlapping panels: a lower rectangular one with a classical amphora and flowering branches inscribed in a circular medallion decorated with scrolls and foliage. The medallion is surmounted by another vase with flowers and pomegranate fruits and flanked by two elegant acanthus racemes. The upper panel, about half the height of the first, contains another smaller, oval medallion with the monogram “IHL”.
Each panel is enclosed in a frame with foliage and a multi-lobed motif at the corners. An additional frame, with the same motifs but taller, frames the entire composition.
Antependium
