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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

The discovery of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes

Plaque
ca. 1788 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large Jasper panels were difficult to fire without warping. Wedgwood made them from coarsely ground Jasper, which was less prone to distortion than a finer mix. But he gave their upper surfaces a ‘dip’ of the finer darker Jasper visible here.

The panel is one of several based on wax models that Wedgwood commissioned from Italian and British artists working in Rome around 1788, among them Camillo Pacetti (1758-1826), John de Vaere and Angelo Dalmozzoni. Pacetti based his design for this panel on a Roman antiquity in Capitoline Museum, Rome (and known as the sarcophagus of Alexander Severus and Julia Mammaea). He was described by Dalmozzoni as 'a proud imperious fellow.'


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe discovery of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes
Brief description
Blue Jasper panel with The discovery of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes, Josiah Wedgwood's factory, Staffordshire, about 1788
Physical description
Rectangular solid blue Jasper panel with applied figures in white Jasper
Credit line
J.A. Tulk Bequest
Summary
Large Jasper panels were difficult to fire without warping. Wedgwood made them from coarsely ground Jasper, which was less prone to distortion than a finer mix. But he gave their upper surfaces a ‘dip’ of the finer darker Jasper visible here.

The panel is one of several based on wax models that Wedgwood commissioned from Italian and British artists working in Rome around 1788, among them Camillo Pacetti (1758-1826), John de Vaere and Angelo Dalmozzoni. Pacetti based his design for this panel on a Roman antiquity in Capitoline Museum, Rome (and known as the sarcophagus of Alexander Severus and Julia Mammaea). He was described by Dalmozzoni as 'a proud imperious fellow.'
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.730-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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