Plate
ca. 1540 (made)
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Plate, shallow sloping well, large, flat rim, tin-glazed overall. Painted with six classical figures in a rocky landscape with a city in the background. On the left a bearded man, naked apart from a veil, in the middle two women, one facing backwards, another pointing to a woman on the right, a smaller one, maybe a child in the middle and two woman far right, a young and an older one. Possibly Callisto and Diana.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, six classical figures in a landscape, a naked bearded man with clothed female figures, Urbino, ca. 1540 |
| Physical description | Plate, shallow sloping well, large, flat rim, tin-glazed overall. Painted with six classical figures in a rocky landscape with a city in the background. On the left a bearded man, naked apart from a veil, in the middle two women, one facing backwards, another pointing to a woman on the right, a smaller one, maybe a child in the middle and two woman far right, a young and an older one. Possibly Callisto and Diana. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Thomas Boone |
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| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 32 |
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| Accession number | 708-1902 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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