Plate
1533 (dated)
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Plate depicting Erysichton felling an oak in the sacred grove of Ceres (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, Erysichton felling oak in sacred grove of Ceres (Metamorphoses VIII), painted by Francesco Urbini, lustred in Gubbio, dated 1533, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Plate depicting Erysichton felling an oak in the sacred grove of Ceres (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII) |
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| Object history | Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection. Purchase price note: Bought for £7 10s. |
| Production | J mallet 16/04/99 painted by Francesco Urbini, lustred in gubbio. Dated in lustre on the foot 1533. This subject also occurs on a dish in the Ashmolean Museum, attributed to Pesaro. Fortnum Cat. Ashmolean Museum c.420, p.64. See Guy de Terrarent, 'Kunstmuseets Arskrift, 1950, p.18. (Rackham Notes 1960). |
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| Literary reference | Ovid. <u>Metamorphoses</u>, VIII |
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| Other number | 739 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 1706-1855 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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