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Design for a tureen or salt cellar supported on three goats

Drawing
16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Romano, Giulio (School of)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

drawing

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleDesign for a tureen or salt cellar supported on three goats (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and wash, on paper
Pen and Ink
Wash
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Design for a tureen or salt cellar supported on three goats, school of Giulio Romano, Italian, pen and ink and wash, 16th century
Physical description
drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 168mm
  • Width: 193mm
Style
Italian School
Production typeUnique
Gallery label
Guilio Romano (about 1499-1546)
Design for a vessel, perhaps a salt cellar
Italian, about 1540-1550
Pen and ink and wash

Guilio had been one of Raphael's chief assistants
before moving to Mantua in 1524 to work for the
Gonzaga family. There he designed and decorated
the Palazzo del Te. He was also a prolific designer
of silver, goldsmith's work, jewellery and tapestry.
Guilio's designs for silver typically combine
classical motifs, fantastic monsters, vegetation and
studies from nature. They were highly praises by
contemporaries such as Vasari and were to be a
major source of Mannerist designers.
4900
Object history
Provenance: Dr H. Wellesley (sale, Sotheby, 2 July 1866, lot 1069, bought by J. C. Robinson for the Museum)
Bibliographic reference
Ward Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume One: 14th - 16th century, London, 1979, cat. 174, p. 81, illus. school of GIULIO ROMANO 174 Design for a tureen or salt cellar supported on three goats Pen and ink and wash 6 5/8 x 7 5/8 (168 x 193) 4900 PROVENANCE Dr H. Wellesley (sale, Sotheby, 2 July 1866, lot 1069, bought by J. C. Robinson for the Museum) There are similar drawings in the Witt Collection in the Courtauld Institute (no. 2011, Hartt, I, p. 291, no. 64) and in the Graphische Sammlung, Munich (no. 12662). See also no. 175 below, which is an inferior drawing for a similar object.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
4900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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