European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Plate with Pluto Abducting Persephone Made in Urbino, Italy, Europec. 1525-35 Circle of Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe, called Nicola da Urbino, Italian (active Urbino), recorded 1520, died 1537/38 Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) * Gallery 250, European Art 1500-1850, second floor 2005-184-1 125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection, 2005 |
LabelThis handsome plate was executed by a skilled painter familiar with the mature style of Nicola da Urbino. Recent scholarship has associated the style of painting on the plate with the work of an unidentified master called the “Painter of the Apollo Basin,” named after a piece dated 1532 in the Musei Civici, Pesaro, Italy.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
