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This is a photograph of a decorative ceramic jar with a mythological scene. The jar features a winged cherub, who is blindfolded and seated on a golden blanket. The background shows a natural scene, with green possibly representing grass or water, and distant hills or mountains. The rim of the jar has alternating color patterns with geometric designs. The artwork on the jar suggests a traditional aesthetic typical of European ceramics.
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This is a photograph of a decorative ceramic jar with a mythological scene. The jar features a winged cherub, who is blindfolded and seated on a golden blanket. The background shows a natural scene, with green possibly representing grass or water, and distant hills or mountains. The rim of the jar has alternating color patterns with geometric designs. The artwork on the jar suggests a traditional aesthetic typical of European ceramics.

National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art

Albarello with blindfolded, bound Cupid

Faenza 16th Century

Date
c. 1500/1510
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
overall (height by diameter): 20.32 × 12.22 cm (8 × 4 13/16 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art · Ceramic
Accession number
2014.136.332
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • classical
  • mythology
  • Renaissance
  • Maiolica
  • Acquired after publication of Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics
  • tin-glazed
  • Cupid blindfolded and bound
Provenance

Émile Gavet [1830-1904], Paris;[1] purchased by William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] Émile Molinier, _Collection Émile Gavet, catalogue raisonné précédé d'une historique et archéologique sur les oeuvres d'art qui compose cette collection_, Paris, 1889: XLVI, 107, no. 453. [2] See the Clark collection records in NGA curatorial files.

NGA object ID 176834. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.