Drie tegels met een geschilderde opengebarsten granaatappel
1600 - 1625
Medium
maiolica
Dimensions
13.3; 0; 13.5
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
height 13.3 cm x width 13.5 cm x thickness 0 cm
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate charm of *Drie tegels met geschilderde opengesten granaatappel ("Three Tiles with a Painted Split-Open Pomegranate"), an masterpiece of early 17th-century maiolica from around 1600–1625. Each square tile measures a modest 13.3 cm high by 13.5 cm wide, perfect for adorning the walls or surrounds of Dutch homes. The central motif—a lush, bursting pomegranate—captures nature's bounty in vivid detail, its ruby seeds spilling forth against a glazed surface that gleams with jewel-like intensity. Maiolica, a tin-glazed earthenware technique originating in Renaissance Italy and fl...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...