  About the Artwork
  
  
  This unique monumental vase was made for Marchese Carlo Ginori at his villa in Doccia outside Florence; it has no practical function other than to convey the factory's artistic and technical virtuosity. Using Florentine sculptors' models in wax and terracotta originally intended for bronzes, the experimental Doccia factory produced ambitious groups on a large scale in an attempt to rival German Meissen porcelain. The vase represents Apollo driving his golden chariot across the sky at sunset. On the reverse, Galatea, the sea nymph, rides her dolphin on the waves while a Triton awards her a laurel wreath.
  
  
  Title
  Apollo in his Chariot
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1748 and 1750
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Doccia Porcelain Factory  (Manufacturer)
  Italian
  After a model by Massimiliano Soldani  (Manufacturer)
  Italian, 1656-1740
  
  
  
  Medium
  Hard paste porcelain
  
  
  Dimensions
  Including base: 23 5/8 × 13 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (60 × 34.3 × 21 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Ceramics
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1990.245
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
