Footed Dish
ca. 1540 (made)
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The subject represented on this plate is the classical myth of Myrrha. According to Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book X) Cinyras was a king of Panchaia and the father of Myrrha.When Cinyras discovered that he had unwittingly impregnated Myrrha, he attempted to kill his daughter, but the gods turned Myrrha into a tree (the myrrh), from which sprang the child Adonis.
The great majority of the images represented on Renaissance maiolica were from classical mythology; Ovid was a major source of inspiration. Maiolica painters would either directly copy images from illustrated editions of the book (for example from the edition published in Venice in 1497) or create their own compositions, sometimes adapting single figures taken from different engravings. In this case all the figures are taken from well known engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael.
The great majority of the images represented on Renaissance maiolica were from classical mythology; Ovid was a major source of inspiration. Maiolica painters would either directly copy images from illustrated editions of the book (for example from the edition published in Venice in 1497) or create their own compositions, sometimes adapting single figures taken from different engravings. In this case all the figures are taken from well known engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish on low foot depicing Cinyras and Myrrha, probably painted by the "Della Rovere" painter, Urbino, about 1540, tin-glazed earthenware |
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| Gallery label | Dish on low foot depicting Cinyras and Myrrha
Probably painted by the "Della Rovere" painter, Urbino, Italy about 1540
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2231-1910 Salting Bequest
The story is from Ovid, Metamorphoses, X. Several of the individual figures are adaptions from engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael.(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | John Mallet 29/6/2000 Painter first grouped by Rackham (see cat. pp. 190-192), but this dish not included. John extended the date range for this painter from 1540-45 to slightly earlier. |
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| Literary reference | Ovid. <u>Metamorphoses</u>, X |
| Summary | The subject represented on this plate is the classical myth of Myrrha. According to Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book X) Cinyras was a king of Panchaia and the father of Myrrha.When Cinyras discovered that he had unwittingly impregnated Myrrha, he attempted to kill his daughter, but the gods turned Myrrha into a tree (the myrrh), from which sprang the child Adonis. The great majority of the images represented on Renaissance maiolica were from classical mythology; Ovid was a major source of inspiration. Maiolica painters would either directly copy images from illustrated editions of the book (for example from the edition published in Venice in 1497) or create their own compositions, sometimes adapting single figures taken from different engravings. In this case all the figures are taken from well known engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael. |
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| Other number | 905 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2231-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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