Plate with scene from the story of Metabus and Camilla

Plate with scene from the story of Metabus and Camilla

ArtistPainted by Franco Xanto Avelli (Italian, 1487-1542)

ArtistLustred in the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1489 - 1555)

CultureItalian

OriginUrbino, The Marches, Italy

PeriodItalian Renaissance

Date1534

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with metallic lustre

DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 26 cm (1 x 10 1/4 in.)

MarkingsInscription verso; '1534 / Metabo oltre Amasse / lancio Camilla / Nel.XI libro de L'Eneida.x / Fra.Xa. / i Rovigiese i / Urbino' (Metabus throws Camilla over the Amasenus / From the XI book of the Aeneid x / Fra.Xa: from Rovigo, in/ Urbino 1534)

DescriptionAn Urbino Gubbio-lustred Istoriato plate, painted by Francesco Xanto Avelli, and decorated with a scene from Virgil's Aeneid showing Metabus passing his daughter across the river Amasenus tied to a spear to protect her from the Volscians. The colours are heightened in gold lustre, and the back has leaf-scrolls in lustre.
Print source: The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (detail), Marcantonio Raimondi, after Baccio Bandinelli, ca. 1520.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.363

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

Italian Earthenware - Maiolica

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Status

On view