Plate
ca. 1560 (made)
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Tin glazed earthenware plate painted in colours with yellow rim, depicting Latona changing into frogs the Lycian peasants who had insulted her, and featuring her children Apollo and Diana helping to scoop water over a group of frogs. On the back, concentric circles in yellow and blue with the inscription "La Dea Latona".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, depicting Latona changing the Lycian peasants into frogs, possibly Fontana workshops, Urbino, Italy, about 1560 |
| Physical description | Tin glazed earthenware plate painted in colours with yellow rim, depicting Latona changing into frogs the Lycian peasants who had insulted her, and featuring her children Apollo and Diana helping to scoop water over a group of frogs. On the back, concentric circles in yellow and blue with the inscription "La Dea Latona". |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'La Dea Latona' (Painted on the back)
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| Gallery label | Plate
Made in Possibly Fontana workshops, Urbino, Italy About 1560
Inscription: 'La Dea Latona'
Tin-glazed earthenware
8911-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Purchase: Soulages Collection. |
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| Other number | 892 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 8911-1863 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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