Corybantes with Infant Zeus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1209
People: Wedgwood & Bentley, British (in business 1769-1780)
Title: Corybantes with Infant Zeus
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medallion
Date: c. 1774
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229926

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White jasper body with black glaze and applied figures in white relief

Technique

Jasperware

Dimensions

3 x 3.5 x 0.3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: Wedgwood / & Bentley
label: verso, paper and black ink, handwritten: 8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1209

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 4, p. 10

Exhibition History

Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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1943.1209: Corybantes with Infant Zeus