Letizia Arbeteta Mira, Arte transparente: La talla del cristal en el Renacimiento milanés (Madrid: Museo del Prado, 2015), 160 pages, ISBN: 978-8484803362, 39€. Various academic studies have attributed these pieces to leading workshops and masters, almost all of them Milanese. In total it has 47 hyaline quartz vessels, 2 in citrine quartz and 1 in smoky quartz. Although somewhat reduced over the course of its eventful history, it still includes important objects, particularly those in rock crystal. The latter group, known as ‘The Dauphin’s Treasure’, entered the Prado in 1839. Another fourteen splendid pieces, now in the Prado, come from the collection assembled by the Grand Dauphin of France, son of Louis XIV, which was in part inherited by Philip V, the first Spanish Bourbon monarch, in 1711. The exhibition includes six magnificent examples loaned from two of the most important historical collections: that of the Medici, now in the Museo degli Argenti in Florence, and the collection of Louis XIV, now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. the manufacture of most of the skulls to an area of Germany famous for manufacturing intricate quartz and crystal designs in the late 19th century. The latter designation has to do with myths of ancient mountain people who hid precious gems and ore and replaced them with Quartz. There is also a chance the name Quartz came from an old term querch which roughly translates as dwarf. Due to their value, both material and artistic, these works were only within the reach of monarchs and the highest ranks of the European aristocracy. In the 18th century, it was called Quarz in Germany which was a derivative of a Polish word kwardy, meaning hard. The present exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to see a little known chapter in art history, namely that of carving hyaline quartz or rock crystal, a technique for which Milan was particularly celebrated in the second half of the 16th century. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 14 October 2015 - 10 January 2016 Transparent Art: Rock Crystal Carving in Renaissance Milan While such a feature might seem obvious for a museum website, it’s hardly been true in most cases to date (the press release detailing the site’s key features is available here). The show also provides a convenient occasion to draw attention to the Prado’s newly designed website, which particularly showcases images. Now on view at the Prado, this exhibition of sixteenth-century carved rock crystal includes items from the collection of the Grand Dauphin (1661–1711). 1550–70) (?) Rock crystal second half of the 1500s (Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado) Vase in the shape of a dragon or ‘caquesseitão’ Milan, workshop of the Miseroni, possibly Gasparo Miseroni (act.
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