Title

Vase

Typology

School

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Support

Inscriptions

On engraved cartouches on the shoulders:
DOMINVS:MAGNI/FICATVS:EST//EQVV:ET ASCESORE/DEIECIT:I: MARE// DNS: SVBVERTIT/CVRRVS:PHARAONIS// ET:PRINCIPES:EI'/SVBMEIRSI:SVNT//.
VICIT:SAVL/MILLE// ET:DAVID/ DECE:MILLIA// STETIT SVP/ PHILIS:TEVM// ET:PRECIDIT/ CAPVT:EIVS//.

Observations

The work, produced in an Antwerp workshop, was acquired on 2 March 1564 by the Cabildo of Seville Cathedral from don Pedro de Castro, Camarero to the Cardinal and Bishop of Burgos don Francisco de Mendoza. The central band depicts the triumphal welcome that the women of Israel gave to David and Saul after defeating the Philistine. This piece forms a pair with another vase that narrates the vicissitudes suffered by the Israelites in the wilderness. The handle on the vase would appear to be a later addition to the piece's arrival in Spain.

Bibliography

• J.M. Palomero Páramo (1984): "La platería en la Catedral de Sevilla", en La Catedral de Sevilla, Ediciones Guadalquivir, Sevilla, pp. 620-621, il. 595.
• C. Sanchéz Pineda (1930): "Catálogo de la sección de Orfebrería", en Exposición Iberoamericana, 1929-30, Palacio Mudéjar, Sevilla, pp. 89-90.

Locations

• 1564: Seville Cathedral, Seville (Spain)