Dish
ca. 1520 (made)
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Dish, with pronounced footring, painted in blue, yellow, orange, red, copper green with the subject of the Fall of Phaeton covering the whole surface. He is depicted in his two-horse chariot smitten by a flame piercing the clouds, in the upper half of the composition, below is a city on a river bank at the foot of a craggy hill. On the back, intersecting petal motifs transversely striped in blue and red radiating about a wheel motif with sprigs in the interspaces.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Dish depicting the Fall of Phaeton, possibly painted by Jacopo, possibly Cafaggiolo or Montelupo, about 1520, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Dish, with pronounced footring, painted in blue, yellow, orange, red, copper green with the subject of the Fall of Phaeton covering the whole surface. He is depicted in his two-horse chariot smitten by a flame piercing the clouds, in the upper half of the composition, below is a city on a river bank at the foot of a craggy hill. On the back, intersecting petal motifs transversely striped in blue and red radiating about a wheel motif with sprigs in the interspaces. |
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Gallery label | Dish
Possibly Painted by Jacopo, possibly Cafaggiolo , Italy, about 1520
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2082-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Object history | Fau and Gavet Collections. |
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Other number | 314 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2082-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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