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There is a knob handle on the lid, decorated with gadroons and surrounded by a wreath. 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This was often scented and described in contemporary inventories as <i>pasta di muschio</i> (musk paste). The <i>pastiglia</i> figures and motifs were shaped with a lead mould and then glued to the gilt surface of the box - hence their frequent recurrence on other boxes. The boxes are decorated with legends of Ancient Rome and the scenes copied from woodcuts such as Jacobus Argentoratensis' <i>Triumph of Caesar</i> (Venice, 1504) or illustrations of Livy's <i>Roman History</i>.\r\n(Label text, circa 2000, from old Medieval & Renaissance Galleries)","historicalContext":"Comparable objects\r\nSee Pastiglia Boxes, hidden treasures of the Italian Renaissance (Cofanetti in Pastiglia), catalogue from the exhibition Pastiglia Boxes: hidden treasures of the Italian Renaissance from the collection of Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome: Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Feb. 13 - April 28, 2002, eg cat. VI, VIII, IX, X, XI","briefDescription":"Italian, 1500-1600, pastiglia decoration","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Patrick de Winter: \"A little-known creation of Renaissance decorative arts: the white lead pastigilia box\", <i>Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell' Arte</i>, 14 (1984), pp. 9 - 131. Cat. no. 62"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Small display curated by James Yorke, gallery 126, 1984-1985\n\nThe decoration of the lid is in a somewhat fragmentary condition, particularly the harpies and “tear drop” patterns on the pinnacles. On the front is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, on the back “The Rape of Europa”, on the left side the siting of Rome, possibly, by Romulus and Remus (a fragment of beneath the SPQR tablet could be the bird of good omen), and on the right Brutus’ addressing the Roman people. The base has an acanthus mould. While familiar figures like the Venetian soldier and merchant are evident, there are interesting variants. Judging from what remains of its ruff and finely modelled hind legs, the lion looks more naturalistic than that dog-like creature on other boxes from that workshop. Two satyrs underneath the baldachin are derived from Montagna’s print. They are finely detailed, particularly in their goat-legs. To the right of Europa’s lamenting sisters, a familiar group, a church nestles on a tall, curving rock, such as we find in Venetian landscape details, at the end of the fifteenth century. The figures stand on vegetation, much less spikey than on the boxes from the Workshop of the Cardinal Cles casket. ","date":{"text":"1984-1985","earliest":"1984-01-01","latest":"1985-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["W.48-1911"],"accessionNumberNum":"48","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1911,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2021MW3490"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-07","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}