Basin with trefoil foot and handles, Judgement of Paris, Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1560–1590

Tin Glazing and Image Culture

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

The show TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE: The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context presents the exquisite collection of majolica from the 15th to the 18th century for the first time.

6.4.2022—7.8.2022

Central Room MAK Design Lab

The MAK collection includes both the objects from the imperi-al collection of Ferdinand of Tyrol’s Kunstkammer in Ambras and from the estate of Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este, as well as the majolica from Stift Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt. The historical exhibits are juxtaposed with designs by contemporary Italian majolica artists. Supplemented by international loans from important Viennese and Central European collections and accompanied by an extensive catalog, the MAK exhibition provides the first broad insight into the history of majolica.

CURATORS

Guest Curator: Timothy Wilson

MAK Curator: Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection

Publication

TIN-GLAZE AND IMAGE CULTURE: The MAK Maiolica Collection in Its Wider Context (MAK Studies 28), edited by Lilli Hollein, Rainald Franz, and Timothy Wilson, with contributions by Rainald Franz, Michael Göbl, Nikolaus Hofer, Lilli Hollein, and Timothy Wilson. English, 288 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2022. Available at the MAK Design Shop and online at MAKdesignshop.at for € 49.30.

Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872

Media

<BODY><div>Apothecary vessel with two handles, workshop of Giunta di Turigo, Florence, ca. 1431 © MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>

Apothecary vessel with two handles, workshop of Giunta di Turigo, Florence, ca. 1431 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

<BODY><div>Bowl, Faustina Bella, Urbino or Castel Durante, ca. 1530–1540 © MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>

Bowl, Faustina Bella, Urbino or Castel Durante, ca. 1530–1540 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Majolica plate, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, 1534 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

<BODY><div>Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Basin with trefoil foot and handles, Judgement of Paris, Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1560–1590 © MAK/Georg Mayer

<BODY><div>Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

<BODY><div>Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872</div><div>© MAK/Kristina Wissik</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Research Project

Majolica from the MAK Collection

Publication

Tin Glazing and Image Culture

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

Publication

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