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Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)

ca. 1597–1600
Not on view
On folio 41 of the Wilton Album
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
The impression was taken from a shallow silver vessel - the so-called Tazza Farnese - engraved by Annibale Carracci for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, and now in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. Carracci produced a number of preparatory drawings for this design: a highly developed one is at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1972.133.4). For the Paniere Farnese, engraved by Francesco Villamena after Carracci, thought to have been a companion piece for this object, see the entry for 27.78.1(149).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)
  • Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1597–1600
  • Medium: Engraving printed from shallow silver cup
  • Dimensions: sheet: 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm) in diameter
    mount: 12 15/16 x 11 1/8 in. (32.8 x 28.2 cm.)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(150)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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