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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

1539 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate with wide border and shallow well depicting the story of Narcissus.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate depicting the story of Narcissus, made in Gubbio, dated 1539, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Plate with wide border and shallow well depicting the story of Narcissus.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.5cm
Gallery label
Plate depicting the story of Narcissus (Ovid, Metamorphoses, III) Made in Gubbio dated 1539 Tin-glazed earthenware 8896-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
J Mallet, 9-4-99
Dish with wide border and shallow well. Back Probably by the same painter as cat.737. (Glaucus and Circe). figures probably derived from the planets series (?) Look in Fiocco and Gherardi article in Faenza on early Marcantonio Sforza.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceOvid. <u>Metamorphoses</u>, III
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
735 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8896-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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