"Large Ewer And Its Basin In Chiseled And Gilded Bronze"
Ewer and its basin in gilded bronze called "Cup of Temperance". Temperantia (Louvre Museum, model by François Briot, 1550-1615). Entirely covered with figures and ornaments; In the center of the basin is a medallion representing one of the Platonic virtues: temperance or moderation framed by the four elements: water, fire, air, earth. On the edges is represented Minerva, goddess of crafts, fine arts and wisdom as well as the seven liberal arts: the seven virtues: music, arithmetic, geometry, astrology, grammar and logic, rhetoric, knowledge or knowledge dimensions: basin Diameter: 45cm H: 6.5cm ewer: H: 30cm