Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Probably made for Cosimo I de’Medici, Grande Duke of Tuscany in 1574, this Wine Cooler displays the high level of crafting skills at the Workshop of Flaminio Fontana (active between: 1571-1591). The decoration of this exceptionally large cooler combines white ground grotesques, vigorously sculpted monsters and a Roman naval battle, and can be found in the Wallace Collection’s Smoking Room.

Music by David Hilowitz.

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