Dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
1532
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
274 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 540390
Summary
Maiolica dish painted with figure and architectural scenes. Aeneas contemplates the Trojan (?s) painted in Dido's temple to Juno, elements of the composition devised from Raimondi's prints after Raphael.
Provenance
ex Bemey (?) Sale, Sotheby's, 18 June 1946. The dish was part of a S(?)amons service made by Francesco Xanto Avelli in 1532 for Pier Maria Pucci From Lady Amory
Marks and inscriptions
1532 Le Battaglie Trione Enea/contmpla, vel. l. Libro de l'Eneida.v.f Xanto.A. da Rovigo, Urbino