https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17286/fullDish with the story of Icarusca.1530Franco Xanto AvelliMaestro Giorgio AndreoliOverall: 4.8 x 26.7 cm (1 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with metallic lustreGift of George and Helen GardinerPossible Origin: Urbino, The Marches, ItalyG83.1.3621Painted in Urbino by Francesco Xanto Avelli and lustred in Gubbio at the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, this Istoriato dish shows Daedalus flying above his son falling behind him. There is a river god in the foreground, and the background has a building by rockwork. The youth's wings and minor highlights are in copper lustre, and the reverse has foliate scrollwork in gold and copper lustre.Italian Maiolica14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsItalian Earthenware - Maiolica1833841278ItalianItalian RenaissanceInscription 'fran: Avello R:pt:, Dedalo co'l figlical' T Aeve a nolo, fabula y'
(fran:Avello R: painted this:/ The fable of Dedalus with his son in the air)