The Drunken Silenus
workshop of Carlo Antonio Grue (1655 - 1723)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1690 - 1723
Materials
Tin-Glazed Earthenware
Measurements
9.25 in (Diameter)
Place of origin
Castelli
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 718520
Summary
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), workshop of Carlo Antonio Grue (1655-1723), Castelli d'Abruzzo Italy, c.1690-1723. One of four dishes and five plates (NT 718515-NT 718523). 'The Drunken Silenus' after an engraving of a study by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) for the engraved decoration on a silver tazza for his Roman patron Cardinal Odoardo Farnese c.1598, known as the Tazza Farnese.
Makers and roles
workshop of Carlo Antonio Grue (1655 - 1723), designer after Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 - Rome 1609), artist