UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1500-1510 in Padua)

Crab

1500-10
Bronze, diameter 19 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

In the collections of the Renaissance period, which during the course of the 16th century developed into the famous "Kunst- und Wunderkammern" (cabinets of art and wonders), objects were combined which above all aroused astonishment whether they were of natural or artificial origins.

This object is an ink container in the form of a crab, which was cast from nature.