The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Suite of Vases: Plate 22
1746
Location: 101A Prints & Drawings
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The shape of this vase mimics the ancient Greek krater, a vessel that was used for mixing wine with water.Description
Jacques François Joseph Saly created an etched suite of 30 imaginary vase designs while studying in Rome. Throughout the series, he let his skill and imagination run wild on the theme of bacchants by inventively incorporating animals, satyrs, and maenads—as well as faces and grotesques (fantastic figures and beasts)—into various designs. Published in Paris, the series nourished an appetite for the revival of mythological and classical elements in decorative arts, and may have also inspired Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s suite of bacchanalia images.- ?–1996(Paul McCarron & Susan Schulman, New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)June 3, 1996–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.229.23