Plate with allegory on the meaning of time
CultureItalian
OriginVenice, The Veneto, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Dateca. 1555-1560
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 5.5 x 30.5 cm (2 3/16 x 12 in.)
MarkingsInscription verso, in blue; 'Segnifichacion diltenpo' (Singification of time)
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.
Pring source: Emblem entitled "He who loves will be loved,'1 from Emblems of Achilles Bocchius, with engravings by Giulio Bonasone. Bologna: 1574 (1555).
Pring source: Emblem entitled "He who loves will be loved,'1 from Emblems of Achilles Bocchius, with engravings by Giulio Bonasone. Bologna: 1574 (1555).
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.393
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
700-800
Object number: G83.1.142
Artist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
ca.1560
Object number: G83.1.402
