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| Keywords: Russian - Drinking Bowl - Walters 44626.jpg In 17th-century Russia cups often carried moralizing maxims and images thus urging one to drink with moderation Here the depiction of Samson and the accompanying versified inscription warn the cup's owner not to surrender to the wiles of immoral women The painting on the underside probably depicts the fox and the crow from Aesop's Fables and has a similar message as the harlot decieved Samson so the fox decieved the crow with sweet talk thus making him drop the cheese he held in his beak Aesop's text was translated into Russian in 1700 but was probably known even before then through Western sources ca 1690 Early Modern painted enamel with gilded silver cm 4 5 16 accession number 44 626 11757 Leon Grinberg A La Vieille Russie New York by purchase Walters Art Museum 1952 by purchase Museum purchase 1952 Translation Samson who conquered the lion s mouth with his might loses a thousand weapons when he surrenders his strength to the wily harlot but woe to the hidden enemy his strength remains Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Usolsk present-day Solvychegodsk Russia Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Russia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Samson and the lion Solvychegodsk | ||||
