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Footed dish with a mythological scene

Coal Mine Painter1546

Gardiner Museum

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

Urbino Istoriato dish, with splayed foot and upturned rim. The centre has a mythological scene showing a naked man lying on drapery with four children. There are also two standing figures before him, and Diana accompanied by Cupid appearing in the clouds above. The reverse has a landscape medallion. Possibly a scene from the Trojan War.

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  • Title: Footed dish with a mythological scene
  • Creator: Coal Mine Painter
  • Date Created: 1546
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 6 x 26.8 cm (2 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
  • Medium: Maiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, and thrown.
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