Detail View: The AMICA Library: Holy Water Stoup
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.63.35
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Giovanni Giardini da Forli
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1646 - 1722
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Giovanni Giardini da Forli
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Title:
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Holy Water Stoup
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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about 1720
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Creation Start Date:
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1710
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Creation End Date:
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1730
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Materials and Techniques:
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silver, gilt bronze, lapis lazuli
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Classification Term:
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silver
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Dimensions:
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H.28 x W.19 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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63.35
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund and The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund
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Inscriptions:
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MARKS
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Rights:
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Context:
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Giovanni Giardini, the leading silversmith of his day, was probably commissioned by a cardinal or a member of Rome's aristocracy to make this stoup (holy water receptacle) for a sumptuous chapel. Giardini skillfully combined elements of Baroque painting and sculpture in his design. The oval relief of the Madonna and Child, Joseph, and a young John the Baptist is adopted from 17th-century paintings. Contrasting with this meditative scene are golden bursts of light and angels seemingly suspended in midair--dynamic features seen also in the work of the famous Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Only a few examples of Giardini's work remain, because much Roman silver was confiscated and melted down by the French under Napoleon. Giardini's silver is known primarily through a publication of 1714 illustrating one hundred of his designs for secular and ecclesiastical objects. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.2310c.tif
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