Man holding an aulos; Woman holding or playing a lyre

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)

Flaxman, John (1755-1826)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
1780-1800
Height:
39.4 cm  (15 1/2 in.)
Width:
17.8 cm  (7 in.)
Technique / Medium:
basaltware pottery

Additional titles

Wine ewer (one of a pair)

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood[Museum inv. no.: 1912.1175]

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

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 (107da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

According to Owens, the designer of this wine ewer was John Flaxman (English sculptor, draftsman, and designer, 1755-1826).

RIdIM record id

1997