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Chalice and cover
(c. 1880)
Medium
glass
Measurements
21.6 × 7.4 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
This chalice, with its elaborate stem, is a form known as the ‘Guggenheim cup’. It reproduces the form of the now lost seventeenth-century model from the collection of Michelangelo Guggenheim. First re-created by the seventeen-year-old Isidoro Seguso in 1875, the model became one of the Salviati firm’s most impressive exhibition pieces. The technical bravura of the work lies in the fact that there is no central stem supporting the bowl of the glass; the applied ornament alone provides the support.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Venice, Italy
Accession Number
156-D1R
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited