Banquet of the Gods
Plaquette
ca. 1590-1610 (made)
ca. 1590-1610 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This plaque was cast from one of a set of sixteen (eight oval and eight octagonal) reliefs with subjects from Ovid's Metamorphoses, designed about 1550-60 by Gughelmo della Porta in Rome and modelled in clay under his supervision by his Flemish assistant Jacob Cobaert. The series was widely known on both sides of the Alpes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, as a result of the theft of the models from Guglielmo's workshop after his death and their sale by his disinherited son.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Banquet of the Gods |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Bronze plaquette depicting the banquet of the gods, Italo-Flemish, 17th century, J C Cobaert |
| Physical description | Plaquette, bronze. |
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| Object history | Given by Dr W.L Hildburgh, F.S.A. |
| Summary | This plaque was cast from one of a set of sixteen (eight oval and eight octagonal) reliefs with subjects from Ovid's Metamorphoses, designed about 1550-60 by Gughelmo della Porta in Rome and modelled in clay under his supervision by his Flemish assistant Jacob Cobaert. The series was widely known on both sides of the Alpes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, as a result of the theft of the models from Guglielmo's workshop after his death and their sale by his disinherited son. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.91-1937 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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