Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Apothecary vessel with two handles, workshop of Giunta di Turigo, Florence, ca. 1431 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Bowl, Faustina Bella, Urbino or Castel Durante, ca. 1530–1540 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Majolica plate, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, 1534 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Basin with trefoil foot and handles, Judgement of Paris, Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1560–1590 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872
© MAK/Kristina Wissik

Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

Wed, 6.4.2022—Sun, 7.8.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

Wed, 6.4.2022—Sun, 7.8.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

The show TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE: The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context presents the exquisite collection of majolica from the 15th to the 18th century for the first time. The MAK collection includes both the objects from the imperi-al collection of Ferdinand of Tyrol’s Kunstkammer in Ambras and from the estate of Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este, as well as the majolica from Stift Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt. The historical exhibits are juxtaposed with designs by contemporary Italian majolica artists. Supplemented by international loans from important Viennese and Central European collections and accompanied by an extensive catalog, the MAK exhibition provides the first broad insight into the history of majolica.

Guest Curator: Timothy Wilson

MAK Curator: Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection

Central Space MAK DESIGN LAB, 6 April – 7 August 2022

PUBLICATION

The exhibition is accompanied by the publication TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE: The MAK’s Maiolica Collection in Historical Context (MAK Studies 28), edited by Lilli Hollein, Rainald Franz, and Timothy Wilson, with contributions by Rainald Franz, Michael Göbl, Nikolaus Hofer, Lilli Hollein, and Timothy Wilson. English, 272 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2022. Available as of autmn 2022 at the MAK Design Shop and online at MAKdesignshop.at for € 49.30.

Media

<BODY><div>Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875

<BODY><div>Apothecary vessel with two handles, workshop of Giunta di Turigo, Florence, ca. 1431 © MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>Bowl, Faustina Bella, Urbino or Castel Durante, ca. 1530–1540 © MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>

<BODY><div>Majolica plate, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, 1534 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>Basin with trefoil foot and handles, Judgement of Paris, Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1560–1590 © MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>

Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection

Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872

<BODY><div>Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>

Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt

Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Apothecary vessel with two handles, workshop of Giunta di Turigo, Florence, ca. 1431 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Bowl, Faustina Bella, Urbino or Castel Durante, ca. 1530–1540 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Majolica plate, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, 1534 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Basin with trefoil foot and handles, Judgement of Paris, Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, ca. 1560–1590 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872© MAK/Kristina Wissik

Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

TIN GLAZING AND IMAGE CULTURE

The MAK’s Majolica Collection in Historical Context

PUBLICATION

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Majolica from the MAK Collection

Media

Plate, The Trojans lead Cupid disguised as Ascanius to Dido in Carthage, workshop of Guido di Merlino Urbino (assumed), donation from Anna Schwartz, 1875
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Plate, ANGELICA BE[LLA], Duchy of Urbino, ca. 1530–1550, from the Olbizzi Este Collection
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Bowl with bella donna, Deruta, ca. 1500–1525, purchased from Trau, Vienna, 1872
© MAK/Kristina Wissik

Pilgrim flask, Mythological gods and goddesses, “Painter of the Orpheus basin,” workshop of Guido di Merlino, Urbino (assumed), ca. 1540–1550, from Stift Neukloster, Wiener Neustadt
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen