Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains ca. 1600 Italian, probably Urbino In this whimsical maiolica sculpture, a well-dressed man leans forward in his seat with his head in a covered pot set above a fiery hearth. The vessel beside the hearth almost certainly held ink. The man’s actions are explained by an inscription on the chair: "I distill my brain and am totally happy." Thus the task of the writer is equated with distillation—the process through which a liquid is purified by heating and cooling, extracting its Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains 188899 Italian, pro
Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains ca. 1600 Italian, probably Urbino In this whimsical maiolica sculpture, a well-dressed man leans forward in his seat with his head in a covered pot set above a fiery hearth. The vessel beside the hearth almost certainly held ink. The man’s actions are explained by an inscription on the chair: "I distill my brain and am totally happy." Thus the task of the writer is equated with distillation—the process through which a liquid is purified by heating and cooling, extracting its Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains 188899 Italian, probably Urbino, Inkstand with A Madman Distilling His Brains, ca. 1600, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall (confirmed): 9 1/2 ? 8 1/4 ? 5 5/8 in. ( ? 21 ? cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1904 ()
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