Plate with mythological scene
CultureItalian
OriginVenice, The Veneto, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Datec.1545
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 5.5 x 30.5 cm (2 3/16 x 12 in.)
MarkingsInscription verso, in blue; 'Segnifichacion diltenpo'
DescriptionAn Istoriato large dish, with an allegorical subject. In the sky Latona and her children are in a sunburst with six blowing infant zephyrs. Below are five figures beside a grove to the left and a single figure to the right, with distant mountains.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.393
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
c.1560
Object number: G83.1.402
Artist / Maker: Franco Xanto Avelli
c.1525-27
Object number: G83.1.333
Artist / Maker: Domenego da Venezia
c.1555-1570
Object number: G83.1.381
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Casa Pirota Workshop
1537
Object number: G83.1.351
Artist / Maker: Guido Durantino
c.1540-1560
Object number: G83.1.403
