Plate
1538 (dated)
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Plate depicting the story of Diana and Actaeon from Ovid's Metamorphoses, made in Deruta, dated 1538, tin-glazed earthenware
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Plate depicting the story of Diana and Actaeon from Ovid's Metamorphoses, made in Deruta, dated 1538, tin-glazed earthenware |
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Gallery label | Plate depicting the story of Diana and Actaeon from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Made in Deruta, Italy dated 1538
Inscription on the reverse: "Il miser ateon conuerso i ceruo 1538" (The poor Actaeon transformed into a deer)
Tin-glazed earthenware
178-1853 Formerly Bandinel Collection(16/07/2008) |
Object history | Formerly Bandinel Collection. |
Production | Rackam, 1940 Imitator of Francesco Urbini, perhaps same workshop J Mallet There exists a later, equally clumsy adaptation of the same composition on a Deruta plate of the 17th century. See Fiocco and Gherardi, 1988, p.169 no.317 and two other plates with same theme attributed to Mastro degli Atteoni in Fiocco and Gherardi, 1994, nos. 231&232. |
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Literary reference | Ovid. <u>Metamorphoses</u> |
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Other number | 780 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 178-1853 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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