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Door Knocker with a Lizard
Door Knocker with a Lizard
Date: 1570-1630
Dimensions:
H 35 x W 18.4 x D 10.8 cm (H 13 3/4 x W 7 1/4 x D 7 1/16 in.)
L of Hammer 27.3 cm (L of Hammer 10 3/4 in.)
Medium: Iron
Credit Line: Acquired by Archer M. Huntington for the Hispanic Society, 1906.
Place Made:Spain
Period: Golden Age
Culture: Spanish
Not on View
DescriptionDoor Knocker with a Lizard
Eastern Spain, ca. 1570–1630
Iron, plate 35.2 × 18.4 × 10.8 cm, hammer 27.3 cm
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, R122
PROVENANCE: Lionel Harris, The Spanish Art Gallery, London, 1906; acquired by Archer M. Huntington, New York, for The Hispanic Society of America, 1906
The streamlined lizard of the hammer on this knocker, animated by chiseled lines and semi-circular punchwork, is similar to works from both Barcelona and Teruel, often dated to the 16th century. The heavy strapwork of the backplate and its straight rectangular contour with a fleur-de-lis exploding out of the side holding the hammer suggest the 17th century. An interesting detail is that the anvil is in fact a miniature blacksmith’s anvil. MB
Texto en Español:
El estilizado martillo en forma de lagarto (o de dragón sin alas) de esta aldaba, con ornamentación de líneas cinceladas y semicírculos a punzón, recuerda piezas procedentes de Barcelona y Teruel que suelen atribuirse al siglo XVI. La recia decoración de cintas planas de la placa trasera y su contorno rectangular con floración de lises en la parte que sujeta el martillo apuntan al siglo XVII. MB
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BYNE AND STAPLEY 1915 Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley, Spanish Ironwork. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1915, p. 56, fig. 72
ARTÍÑANO Y GALDÁCANO 1919 Pedro Miguel Artíñano y Galdácano, Exposición de hierros antiguos españoles. Madrid: Sociedad Española de Amigos de Arte, 1919, p. 137, no. 429
PÉREZ BUENO 1925 Luis Pérez Bueno, Ferros artístics espanyols dels segles xii al xviii, Biblioteca d’art “Vell i nou,” vol. 4. Barcelona: M. Bayes, 1925, p. xliii, fig. 64
DURAND 1938 Anne Sawyer Durand, “Ironwork,” in The Hispanic Society of America Handbook: Museum and Library Collections. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1938, p. 228
VICENTE 1993 Jaime D. Vicente, De lo útil a lo bello: forja tradicional en Teruel. Teruel: Diputación, Museo Provincial, 1993, p. 95, nos. 179-82 and 187-88
CODDING ( ED. ) 2017 Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Tesoros de la Hispanic Society: Visiones del mundo hispánico. Madrid, New York: Museo Nacional del Prado, The Hispanic Society of America, 2017, p. 157, no. 56
CODDING ( ED. ) 2018a [Spanish edition] Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Tesoros de la Hispanic Society of America. Mexico City, New York: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, The Hispanic Society of America, 2018, p. 145, no. 56
CODDING ( ED. ) 2018b [English edition] Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Visions of the Hispanic World: Treasures from The Hispanic Society Museum & Library. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 2018, no. 56
Eastern Spain, ca. 1570–1630
Iron, plate 35.2 × 18.4 × 10.8 cm, hammer 27.3 cm
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, R122
PROVENANCE: Lionel Harris, The Spanish Art Gallery, London, 1906; acquired by Archer M. Huntington, New York, for The Hispanic Society of America, 1906
The streamlined lizard of the hammer on this knocker, animated by chiseled lines and semi-circular punchwork, is similar to works from both Barcelona and Teruel, often dated to the 16th century. The heavy strapwork of the backplate and its straight rectangular contour with a fleur-de-lis exploding out of the side holding the hammer suggest the 17th century. An interesting detail is that the anvil is in fact a miniature blacksmith’s anvil. MB
Texto en Español:
El estilizado martillo en forma de lagarto (o de dragón sin alas) de esta aldaba, con ornamentación de líneas cinceladas y semicírculos a punzón, recuerda piezas procedentes de Barcelona y Teruel que suelen atribuirse al siglo XVI. La recia decoración de cintas planas de la placa trasera y su contorno rectangular con floración de lises en la parte que sujeta el martillo apuntan al siglo XVII. MB
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BYNE AND STAPLEY 1915 Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley, Spanish Ironwork. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1915, p. 56, fig. 72
ARTÍÑANO Y GALDÁCANO 1919 Pedro Miguel Artíñano y Galdácano, Exposición de hierros antiguos españoles. Madrid: Sociedad Española de Amigos de Arte, 1919, p. 137, no. 429
PÉREZ BUENO 1925 Luis Pérez Bueno, Ferros artístics espanyols dels segles xii al xviii, Biblioteca d’art “Vell i nou,” vol. 4. Barcelona: M. Bayes, 1925, p. xliii, fig. 64
DURAND 1938 Anne Sawyer Durand, “Ironwork,” in The Hispanic Society of America Handbook: Museum and Library Collections. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1938, p. 228
VICENTE 1993 Jaime D. Vicente, De lo útil a lo bello: forja tradicional en Teruel. Teruel: Diputación, Museo Provincial, 1993, p. 95, nos. 179-82 and 187-88
CODDING ( ED. ) 2017 Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Tesoros de la Hispanic Society: Visiones del mundo hispánico. Madrid, New York: Museo Nacional del Prado, The Hispanic Society of America, 2017, p. 157, no. 56
CODDING ( ED. ) 2018a [Spanish edition] Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Tesoros de la Hispanic Society of America. Mexico City, New York: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, The Hispanic Society of America, 2018, p. 145, no. 56
CODDING ( ED. ) 2018b [English edition] Mitchell A. Codding (ed.), Visions of the Hispanic World: Treasures from The Hispanic Society Museum & Library. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 2018, no. 56
Accession Number: R122
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