Although clearly not from the hand of Nicolò dell´Abate (1509 or 1512-1571), the composition reflected by this drawing seems Emilian, and there are slight echoes of the style of the Parmese Jac [+]
Dibujo en el que se representa a la izquierda un amorcillo y dos faunos dan de beber a un hombre tendido, como Baco o Sileno. A la derecha una ninfa asiste a la escena rodeada de sátiros y amorcillos. [+]
It is indeed possible that this good drawing could be by the Tuscan, Marco Marchetti da Faenza (before 1528-1588), who worked in the circle of Vasari. However, the style seems a little too accomplishe [+]
Dibujo en el que se representa a la izquierda a Baco cabalgando sobre un asno, acompañado por un sátiro y un fauno que le ofrecen racimos de uvas y le señalan un recipiente con vino; ante ellos, de es [+]
Cupid, seated in Venu´s lap, raises his face to kiss her. The two figures correspond precisely in pose to those in a painting by Cambiaso of Venus and Cupid accompanied by a satyr in a landscape in th [+]
Antinous (c. 105-130AD), the Emperor Hadrian’s favourite, was deified with the name of Osiris to commemorate his death in the Nile and he was venerated as a god under the Roman Empire. By the fifteent [+]
The musician god Pan originally had a flute rather than the instrument resembling a recorder he now holds. The ungainly later additions - head, hands, legs and tree trunk - distort the graceful origin [+]
A vessel made up of three pieces of rock crystal and three enamelled gold mounts. The body is formed by a boat-shaped piece with a figurehead on the prow consisting of a mask with pointed ears and ram [+]
According to Laurent’s photographs, the vessel, a high cup made in about 1530-40, consisted of four pieces and four enamelled gold mounts, of which two remain. On the cover, among leaves, spirals and [+]
Mutilated during the Peninsular War and the robbery of 1918, the volumes of this vessel can now only be appreciated from the case and a historic photograph. It is notable both for the stone used, heli [+]
This case takes the form of the vessel for which it was made, a Missing vessel with various figures (O50). The exquisite pieces from the Dauphin´s Treasure are complemented by the custom-made cases th [+]