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Plate with mythological scene

CultureItalian
OriginVenice, The Veneto, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Datec.1545
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 5.5 x 30.5 cm (2 3/16 x 12 in.)
MarkingsInscription verso, in blue; 'Segnifichacion diltenpo'
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.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.393
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
Italian Earthenware - Maiolica
Status
On view
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