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Claudius Tazza

Flemish, Antwerp (?)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520

These tazze (45.60.58a-h; L.1999.62.1; L. 1999.62.2), originally from a set of twelve depicting the stories of Roman emperors, were likely made in Antwerp for a member of the Habsburg dynasty, who insisted on their right to rulership by claiming imperial Roman lineage. The shallow dishes would have been displayed together on a stepped buffet on special occasions. The works’ silver composition matches that mined by enslaved Indigenous workers in the South American colony of Potosí under the oppression of Habsburg-funded conquistadors, a context of production that is obscured by the tazze’s erudite decoration.

Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)

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Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)
Claudius Tazza, Gilded silver, Flemish, Antwerp (?)

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