TIN GLAZE AND IMAGE CULTURE - THE MAJOLICA COLLECTION OF THE MAK MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts

The show ZINNGLASUR UND BILDKULTUR. The MAK's Majolica Collection in the Context of Its History presents for the first time the exquisite collection of majolica from the 15th to the 18th centuries kept at the MAK. The MAK collection includes objects from the imperial collection of the Kunstkammer of Ferdinand of Tyrol in Ambras and from the estate of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este, as well... Show more

The show ZINNGLASUR UND BILDKULTUR. The MAK's Majolica Collection in the Context of Its History presents for the first time the exquisite collection of majolica from the 15th to the 18th centuries kept at the MAK. The MAK collection includes objects from the imperial collection of the Kunstkammer of Ferdinand of Tyrol in Ambras and from the estate of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este, as well as majolica from Stift Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt. The historical exhibits are juxtaposed with designs by contemporary Italian majolica artists. Supplemented by international loans from important Viennese and Central European collections and accompanied by an extensive catalog, the MAK exhibition provides the first broad insight into the history of majolica.