Rosewater ewer
Johann Erhard Heiglen (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Height: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Styles and Movements
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Rococo Art and Design Interpretive · 79%
The flowing scrollwork, shell-like flared spout, ornamental cartouches, and sinuous figural handle are consistent with Rococo decorative design, and the circa 1730 date supports this stylistic reading.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The ewer is extensively decorated with engraved and raised scrollwork, cartouches, molded bands, foliage, and figural ornament across the body, handle, spout, stem, and foot.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 96%
Curling scrolls, foliated ornament, the flaring spout, and the sinuous handle create a strongly curvilinear silhouette and surface pattern.
Medium and Techniques
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Gold Leaf and Gilding Both · 97%
The catalog identifies the medium as silver gilt, and the image shows a continuous warm gold-colored surface consistent with gilding.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the ewer to circa 1730, within the eighteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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German Art Metadata · 95%
The catalog identifies Johann Erhard Heiglen as German.
Materials
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Silver Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as Metalwork-Silver and specifies its medium as silver gilt.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vessel Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as a rosewater ewer, and the image clearly shows a handled container with a projecting spout for pouring liquid.
Source & rights
Johann Erhard Heiglen. Rosewater ewer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.