Plate
1780 (dated)
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Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with various mythological and allegorical scenes. In the middle, in red, is the Rape of Europa signed 'S.B.F.' Mazarine-blue border with scrollwork in gold, and with reserved panels in red containing scenes. In one, Fame with Venice, a lion and Cupid and signed 'F. Cozzi 1780'. Another has Bacchus and Ariadne. Another has Venice and Europa alluding to the League of Cambrai. Mercury and the Three Graces are in another, the Forge of Vulcan in another, and Minerva expelling Mars in another panel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, dated 1780. |
| Physical description | Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with various mythological and allegorical scenes. In the middle, in red, is the Rape of Europa signed 'S.B.F.' Mazarine-blue border with scrollwork in gold, and with reserved panels in red containing scenes. In one, Fame with Venice, a lion and Cupid and signed 'F. Cozzi 1780'. Another has Bacchus and Ariadne. Another has Venice and Europa alluding to the League of Cambrai. Mercury and the Three Graces are in another, the Forge of Vulcan in another, and Minerva expelling Mars in another panel. |
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| Production | The central subject after a painting by Veronese in the Doge's Palace, Venice. The surrounding scenes, allegorical of Fame and Venice, after paintings by Tintoretto. |
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| Literary reference | The Rape of Europa |
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| Accession number | C.1369-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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