# Bowl with Scenes from the Trojan Saga [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SARACCHI brothers]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Rock crystal, 6 x 30 x 24 cm ## Commentary Bowl with Scenes from the Trojan Saga c. 1570 Rock crystal, 6 x 30 x 24 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The circular bowl was cut from a single piece of rock crystal. The low-gorged foot has an unpolished edge, implying that a support was originally intended for it. The handle in the form of shells, however, was fabricated out of rock crystal by the stonecutter together with the overall shape. The Saracchi Family had a close artistic exchange with Annibale Fontana, whose compositions and figure types frequently served as models for the Saracchi workshop. In the present case, Simone Saracchi copied the four figures in the centre of the bowl, which represent the four seasons, directly from the respective figures of Fontana in his <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/f/fonta/proserpi.html'\)" HREF="/html/f/fonta/proserpi.html">Proserpina goblet.</A> ## Related artworks - [Hercules and the Hydra]() - [Heron-shaped Vase \(detail\)]() - [Heron-shaped Vase]() - [Jasper Flask \(detail\)]() - [Jasper Flask]() - [Vase with dragon-shaped lid]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()