Box

Unknown (French)


Item type:
enamel
Date of creation:
ca. 1768-1769
Height:
4.5 cm  (1 3/4 in.)
Width:
5.9 cm  (2 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
gold and enamel

Additional titles

Sacrificial scene

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1957.410]

Description

On the front of the box, several putti gather around an altar of fire and a stone statue; one putto plays a double aulos. On the right side of the box are three putti, of which one plays panpipes and another plays a tambourine with jingles.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173] (double)
Panpipe [4024]
Tambourine [2746] (with jingles)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2102