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Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
Galatea Vasecirca 1695

On view: David Geffen GalleriesModel Lives in Baroque Italy
Gilded ewer-form vessel with high-relief sculptural decoration, featuring putti, a reclining figure, acanthus leaf spout, and a triton-head handle
Gilt terracotta urn with elaborate Rococo high-relief decoration, featuring putti, acanthus scrolls, and draped figures covering the bulbous body, raised on a square plinth with figural supports.
Gilt bronze ewer in Rococo style, with elaborate high-relief decoration featuring putti and a reclining female figure on the bulbous body, scrolling acanthus foliage, a serpentine handle terminating in a figural form, and sea creatures at the stepped base.
Gilt terracotta ewer with elaborately modeled Rococo decoration; the bulbous body adorned with putti, birds, and foliage in high relief, a figural handle rising to a shell-form spout, set on a square pedestal base with additional sculpted elements.
Gilt bronze ewer with elaborate high-relief decoration; the bulbous body features a cluster of putti and a draped female figure, rising to a dragon-form handle and scrolling spout, set on a square base with additional figural relief.

Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, Galatea Vase, circa 1695, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Museum Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
Italy, Florence, 1656-1740
Title
Galatea Vase
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1695
Medium
Gilded terracotta
Dimensions
28 × 14 × 12 in. (71.12 × 35.56 × 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Art Museum Council Fund
Accession Number
M.78.27
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.