Plate with the Enchantress Circe (front) and the Coat of Arms of the Lanciarini Family of Rome (reverse)

Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

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Plate with the Enchantress Circe (front) and the Coat of Arms of the Lanciarini Family of Rome (reverse)

c. 1540-1550

Artist/maker unknown, Italian

This plate belongs to a group of eighteen that survive with the arms of the Lanciarini family, which were painted by several different, unidentified hands. This painter depicts the transformation of Ulysses's men into fantastic creatures instead of the swine described by Homer in the Odyssey.

Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Plate with the Enchantress Circe (front) and the Coat of Arms of the Lanciarini Family of Rome (reverse)

Date:

c. 1540-1550

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Italian

Medium:

Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions:

1 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (4.1 x 26.4 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-176-20

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe Near Urbino, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

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