CUP, BY ANDREA MANTEGNA. … VERY one who examines the pictures of theend of the fifteenth and beginning1 of the six-teenth centuries, is struck with the eleganceexhibited in the forms and ornaments of manyof the cups and vases of that period. Thedesigns for these utensils were often given bythe first artists of the day; and…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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![An illustration from Io. Bap. Portae Neopolitani de distillatione lib. IX : quibus certa methodo, multipliciq[ue] artificio, penitioribus naturae arcanis detectis, cuius libet mixti in propria elementa resolutio, perfectè docetur (1608)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-iobapportaeneopo00port-94-86.webp)
