The discovery of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes
Plaque
ca. 1788 (made)
ca. 1788 (made)
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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.'
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.'
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Title | The 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.' |
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Accession number | CIRC.730-1956 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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