Design for the Decoration of an Oval Dish with a Bacchanal

Filippo Lauri

17th century · Red chalk, wash · Drawings and Prints

This designs for an oval dish by Filippo Lauri focuses on the decoration of the mirror of the plate, which shows a bacchanal. Some indicaton is given of the decorations on the rim. The type of object and the execution in red chalk strongly indicate that this would have been meant as an object in silver. The drawing has a strong and distinguished provenance, which demonstrates an early appreciation for this kind of Baroque design.

Artist

Filippo Lauri

Date

17th century

Medium

Red chalk, wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Goldschmidt Gift, 2019