# Lapis Lazuli Ewer with Swan-Shaped Spout

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/lapis-lazuli-ewer-with-swan-shaped-spout-r66f184af8e31aa>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Lapis lazuli, white enamel, gold mounting, height 27 cm

## Commentary

The design of the lapis lazuli ewer, probably made in the Medici workshops, shows the influence of Bernardo Buontalenti, while the mounting reveals characteristics of work by Jacopo Bilivert, a Dutch artist, who, along with others, had fled the religious strife in his country to seek employment in Florence. The white enamelled, swan-shaped spout is braced on fish tails.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)