SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains

Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains, ca. 1600, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 5 5/8 in. (24.1 × 21 × 14.3 cm)
Form: Stand
Culture: Italian, probably Urbino
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 04.9.15
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1904

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