https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17206/fullDish with the story of Tydeus and Polynices1532Franco Xanto AvelliOverall: 3.2 x 28 cm (1 1/4 x 11 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Urbino, ItalyG83.1.3841Urbino Istoriato dish from the Pucci Service, painted by Francesco Xanto. It has Thideo and Polynice fighting in a Renaissance courtyard with the king running out of a doorway to one side with an attendant behind. There is a pool in the foreground and the arms of Pucci centred with a blackamoor head in the upper left corner.Italian Maiolica14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsItalian Earthenware - Maiolica182112577ItalianItalian RenaissanceInscription, verso: '1532 / Thideo & Polynice T frem a frote / Nel VIIII Libro de Ovidio Met / .F.X.A. / Rovigiese P / Urbino' (1532 / Thideo & Polynices together, face to face / In the VII book of Ovid's Met / .F.X.A. from Rovigo P / Urbino)