About this artwork
Contemporary accounts described the slightly curved printing plate (Capodimonte Museum, Naples) for this Carracci engraving as an artwork and a vessel for drinking or serving wine: “More beautiful … is Silenos engraved on a silver salver for Cardinal Farnese.” A Roman gem from Farnese’s extensive collection likely supplied the image, while the plate’s shape mimicked ancient kylixes, such as this one (1889.118), which was incised with a delicate geometrical design while the clay was still wet. Greek black-glazed wares made of terracotta resembled more expensive metal counterparts, which might have been stamped and incised much like Carracci’s silver salver.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Annibale Carracci
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Title
- Drunken Silenus (the "Tazza Farnese")
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1592–1602
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Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image in: Diam.: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32 cm (16 13/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Regenstein Collection
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Reference Number
- 1989.172
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/74123/manifest.json