Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg

Based on an engraving by Enea Vico Italian
 Probably after a design by Battista Franco Italian

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The painted scene on the interior of this cooler depicts an important sixteenth-century event—the 1547 victory of the Catholic forces of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V over his Protestant enemies. A Latin inscription identifies the scene, which was adapted from a popular print. Coolers were not originally intended to be hung on a wall, but this work’s foot was removed in later centuries when collectors preferred the vertical display of pottery.

Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg, Based on an engraving by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino

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Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg, Based on an engraving by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg, Based on an engraving by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg, Based on an engraving by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with Charles V’s Victory at Mühlberg, Based on an engraving by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino

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