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

Plate

1600-1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The scene of the satyr Pan pursuing the wood nymph Syrinx is taken from a woodcut by Bernard Salomon in the edition of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book I) published by Jean de Tournes at Lyons in 1557.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate, probably Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy, 1600-20, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours with Pan and Syrinx in a bed of reeds. On the left, a reclining river god. A drilled suspension hole in the back.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Gallery label
Plate Made in Probably Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy 1600-20 Tin-glazed earthenware C.656-1909 Given by J.H. Fitzhenry(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Summary
The scene of the satyr Pan pursuing the wood nymph Syrinx is taken from a woodcut by Bernard Salomon in the edition of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book I) published by Jean de Tournes at Lyons in 1557.
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
895 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.656-1909

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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