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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca.1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A tin glazed earthenware plate, made in Urbino ca. 1520. The painted decoration depicts the death of Callisto.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Plate, with the Metamorphosis of Callisto and the coat of arms of Bonzi of Florence
Without lustre or inscription
Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli, working in close proximity to Nicola da Urbino at Urbino, c.1526-7
Physical description
Ceramic plate depicting the death of Callisto.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.5cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr. Henry Oppenheimer through Art Fund
Production
Dining sevice painted in collaboration with Xanto.
Subject depicted
Summary
A tin glazed earthenware plate, made in Urbino ca. 1520. The painted decoration depicts the death of Callisto.
Bibliographic references
  • Mallet, J.V.G, Xanto: Pottery-painter, Poet, Man of the Italian Renaissance (London: The Wallace Collection, 2007)
  • J.V.G. Mallet, ‘Xanto and Gubbio: new thoughts and queries, Keramos, vo.186 (October 2004), fig.16
Collection
Accession number
C.19-1922

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Record createdMay 5, 2006
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