https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17294/fullPlate with scene from the story of Metabus and Camilla1534Franco Xanto AvelliMaestro Giorgio AndreoliOverall: 2.5 x 26 cm (1 x 10 1/4 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with metallic lustreGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Urbino, The Marches, ItalyG83.1.3631An 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.Italian Maiolica14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsItalian Earthenware - Maiolica1835211279ItalianItalian RenaissanceInscription 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)