Vase with Bacchic Heads

Artist Benedetto Boschetti (Italian, active late 18th century)

Place of OriginItaly

Dateabout 1750-1800

DimensionsDiam. (without handles): 23 in. (58.4 cm); H (without base): 21 in. (53.3 cm); H (with base): 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm); Diam (at top including handles): 30 in. (76.2 cm)

MediumRosso Antico marble

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott; the Fresh Flowers are the Continuing Gift of Helen H. and Gregor K. Emmert, Sr.

Object number

1969.87A-B

Not on View

Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, "Treasures for Toledo," Museum News, New Series, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1969, repr.

"Accessions..." Art Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Winter 1969, p. 441, repr. on cover.

Gonzalez, Palacious, Alvar, "I mani del Piranesi (I Righetti, Boschi, Boschetti, Raffaelli)," Paragone, no. 315, May 1976, p. 38, repr. fig. 31a.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Penzer, N.M., "The Warwick Vase," Apollo, part I, vol. 62, no. 370, Dec. 1955, pp. 183-187, repr. part II, vol. 63, no. 371, Jan. 1956, pp. 18-22, repr. Cf. Udy, David, "Piranesi's 'vasi': The English Silversmith and his Patrons," Burlington Magazine, vol. 120, no. 909, Dec. 1978, pp. 829-830, repr. p. 822, fig. 36. Cf. Treasures of Britain, New York, p. 473, repr. Cf. "The Warwick Vase," (editorial) Burlington Magazine, vol. CXXI, no. 912, March 1979, p. 141.