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Name of Object:

Plate

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Museum:

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

About MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

Date of Object:

AD 1550

Museum Inventory Number:

Go 81

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Brass with decoration in niello-technique

Dimensions:

Diameter: 48.5cm

Period / Dynasty:

Renaissance

Provenance:

Mediterranean region

Description:

The mauresque ornament covers the entire display side of the plate in evenly-spaced arrangement. An armorial shield is seen in the middle. The plate by Nicolò Greco belongs to the tradition of diverse brass receptacles with related ornamentation, produced by metal craftsmen in the Mediterranean region for the Oriental and European market. Another plate signed by him is in the British Museum collection in London (MLA 1855.12-1.3). Since we know very little about the artist’s life— he was working in Rome in 1542 —an exact identification of the plate’s provenance is not possible.

How Object was obtained:

Purchase

Link to catalogue/digitisation in Holding Institution’s database:

https://sammlung.mak.at/sammlung_online?id=collect-20397

Selected bibliography:

Carboni, Stefano (ed), Venezia e l’Islam 828 – 1979, catalogue Palazzo Ducale, Venice: Marsilio, 2007: cat. nr. 96, Abb. page 19.
Kohlhaussen, Heinrich, Europäisches Kunsthandwerk. Renaissance und Barock, Frankfurt: Umschau, 1972: Abb. 34.
Noever, Peter (ed), Global Lab. Kunst als Botschaft. Asien und Europa 1500 - 1700. Ausstellung Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien, 03. Juni bis 27. September 2009, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009: 348, nr. 183.
Rogers, J.M. and Ward, R.M. (eds), Süleyman the Magnificent, catalogue, London: British Museum, 1988: 112, nr. 47.

Citation of this web page:

Anne Rossberg "Plate" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;2;en

Prepared by: Anne Rossberg

MWNF Working Number: AT1 02