The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Tripod Brazier

Tripod Brazier

c. 1400–1450
Overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.)

Description

Metal braziers were filled with hot coals and used to heat rooms. Similar braziers are often depicted in 15th-century paintings and frescoes, shown in use in childbirth scenes and in hospitals, infirmaries, and sick rooms. This brazier consists of a detachable coal pan and an ornate tripod stand. Such objects must have been considered necessary furnishings and therefore subject to decoration. They were portable and could be moved from room to room as needed.
  • from the Peruzzi Medici Collection; (E. Volpi, Florence).
  • Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.97