Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Miseroni Artifacts Collected in Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Bowl
ca. 1590-1600
carved jasper with gold handles and mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Ambrogio Miseroni
Venus and Cupid
ca. 1600-1610
carved chalcedony
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Dionysio Miseroni
Vessel
1641
carved emerald from Colombia,
with faceted top and gold mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Asymmetrical Bowl
ca. 1603-1607
carved nephrite with enameled-gold mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Shell-shaped Cup
ca. 1600-1605
carved agate with enameled-gold mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna



Ottavio Miseroni
Bowl with Cover
ca. 1610-15
carved agate with enameled-gold mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
from L'Art

Oui, l'œuvre sort plus belle
D'une forme au travail
    Rebelle,
Vers, marbre, onyx, émail.

           .     .     .

D'une main délicate
Poursuis dans un filon
    D'agate
Le profil d'Apollon.

            .     .     .

Sculpte, lime, cisèle;
Que ton rêve flottant
    Se scelle
Dans le bloc résistant!

– Théophile Gautier (1858)


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All finest art is seen
    In forms that foil the blade
Unkeen –
    Verse, marble, gem inlaid.

            .     .     .

With deftest hand go trace
    Over the agate rare
The face
    Apollo once did wear.

            .     .     .

Hew down and chisel fine.
    So that thy dream be sealed
For sign
    In stuff that will not yield!

– translation by Wilfred Charles Thorley (1920)

Dionysio Miseroni
Vase of Flowers
1647-48
carved citrine vase
with flowers of agate, jasper, chalcedony,
and rock crystal, stems of silver
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Miseroni Workshop
Hercules
ca. 1590-1600
jasper cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Ceres
ca. 1600-1610
chalcedony cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Venus and Cupid
ca. 1602-1608
chalcedony cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Woman with a Fan
ca. 1610
cameo in commesso relief
with agate, jasper, carnelian and chalcedony
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ottavio Miseroni
Minerva
ca. 1602-1605
agate and chalcedony cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Miseroni Workshop
Herm in Niche
ca. 1605-1610
agate, carnelian, jasper and mother-of-pearl
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Miseroni Workshop
Herm in Niche
ca. 1605-1610
agate, carnelian, jasper and mother-of-pearl
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna