Plaque with sacrifice to Hymen

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)

Flaxman, John (1755-1826)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
1789
Height:
22.9 cm  (9 in.)
Width:
23.2 cm  (9 1/8 in.)
Frame width: 1.5 cm
Technique / Medium:
jasperware pottery

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood[Museum inv. no.: 1912.1020]

Description

A putto holds a small trumpet.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 6 (109da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

Owens states that this plaque was "probably modeled by John Flaxman" (English sculptor, draftsman, and designer, 1755-1826).

RIdIM record id

1995