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

Plate

ca. 1535 (made)
Artist/Maker
Durantino, Guido (maker)
Place of origin
Urbino (made)

Dish depicting Lycaon changed into a wolf, possibly made at the workshop of Guido Durantino, Urbino, about 1535, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Dish depicting Lycaon changed into a wolf, possibly made at the workshop of Guido Durantino, Urbino, about 1535, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 29cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Linco[n] Mutato in / Lupo' (Italian. Painted on back)
Translation
Lycaon changed into a wolf
Gallery label
Plate depicting Lycaon changed into a wolf Possibly made at the workshop of Guido Durantino, Urbino, Italy about 1535 Inscription: 'Linco[n] Mutato in/ Lupo' Tin-glazed earthenware C.2261-1910 Salting Bequest The story is from Ovid, Metamorphosis, I. The plate is part of a large set with the coat of arms of Giacomo Nordi, Bishop of Urbino, 1523-1540(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
Tancred Borenius, Henry Harris Coll. 1930, no. 58, Pl.XVIc shows plate from same service, representing a scene where "Escolapio rende la vita oli morte" (check spelling). This piece is now National Trust, Polesden Lacey. (See JVG Mallet, Apollo, Nov. 19
Subjects depicted
Wolf
Lycaon
Literary referenceOvid. <u>Metamorphoses</u>, I
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Brody, M.J. Istoriato Maiolica with the Arms of Giacomo Nordi, Bishop of Urbino, 1523-1540. [Masters Thesis, Cooper-Hewitt New York 1998]. Cat.8, 72 p.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
907 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.2261-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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