Dish
Guido Durantino (fl.1520 - 1576)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1540
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
274 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 540471
Summary
Maiolica dish, painted with a scene form Ovid's Metamorphoses, Zeus (Jove/Jupiter), a god-like figure, hurls lightening bolts at a seated figure, with a coiled serpent at his feet, Aesclapius. Inscription on the underside. Possibly the workshop of Guido Durantino, Ubrbino, Italy, c1540.
Marks and inscriptions
'L 'altitonate Giove Sdegnato contra Eusculapio co ardente fulmine l'ocide'. - Thundering from on high, Jove angry against Aesclapius throws lightning bolts to kill him.
Makers and roles
Guido Durantino (fl.1520 - 1576)