id: 128823 accession number: 1951.444 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.444 updated: Mortar, c. 1550–1560. Workshop of Wenzel Jamnitzer I (German, 1508/09–1585), with plaquettes cast after models by Peter Flötner (German, 1485–1546). Bronze; overall: 12.4 x 14.6 cm (4 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.444 title: Mortar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1550–1560 creation date earliest: 1545 creation date latest: 1565 current location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Wenzel Jamnitzer I (German, 1508/09–1585) - artist * Peter Flötner (German, 1485–1546) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 12.4 x 14.6 cm (4 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Herbert N. Bier (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Three reliefs curiously combine faith, hope, and vanity. They were made after works by Peter Flötner (more refined plaquettes by the artist are also in the museum's collection), then incorporated into the vessel. The plants and small reptiles were cast from life, an example of the strong interest in natural history in Renaissance Nuremberg. This tradition relates closely to the French ceramics by Palissy, also in the collection, which likewise incorporate natural specimens. wall description: Three reliefs curiously combine faith, hope, and vanity. They were made after works by Peter Flötner (more refined plaquettes by the artist are in a wall case behind you), then incorporated into the vessel. The plants and small reptiles were cast from life, an example of the strong interest in natural history in Renaissance Nuremberg. This tradition relates closely to the French ceramics nearby by Palissy, which also incorporate natural specimens. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 251 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n53 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 113 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n137 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 113 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n137 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 131 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n151 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_full.tif