The Triumph of Plenty / Artist Unknown, Germany or Belgium
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.5
- Title
- The Triumph of Plenty
- Artist Nationality
- German or Netherlandish
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 6.4 cm x 12 cm x 0.4 cm (2 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- bas-relief
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- casting
- Physical Description
- This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.
- Subject Matter
- This bronze plaque depicts a cart with several nude allegorical figures symbolizing natural fertility and abundance accompanied by their attendants who stand beside them. The plaque formerly belonged to a series of six plaques, each representing a different allegorical triumph that together decorated a casket, lampstand, or some other article of furniture.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- cargo vehicles
- cargo vehicles by form
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- genres in the arts
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
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- plant material
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1289 x 933
- File Size
- 121 KB
- Record
- 1960/2.5
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"The Triumph of Plenty; Artist Unknown, Germany or Belgium." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.5/1960_2.5.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.