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Tazza (drinking bowl on foot)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Four mythological gods recline on the rim of this dish: Venus, the goddess of love, with her son Cupid; Bacchus, the god of wine; and Ceres, the goddess of agriculture. Together they personify the maxim: ‘Without food and drink, love is cold’. This object was masterfully fashioned from a single sheet of silver. The proud silversmith signed it on the front.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTazza (drinkschaal op voet). 1621. Adam van Vianen (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
