# Crab [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze, diameter 19 cm ## Commentary 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. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()