Dish depicting horses, a river, and soldiers
Dish depicting horses, a river, and soldiers

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Latin American Art

Dish depicting horses, a river, and soldiers,

1544

Italian
y139

Information

Title
Dish depicting horses, a river, and soldiers
Dates

1544

Medium
Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Dimensions
4.6 x diam. 28.3 cm (1 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Prime Fund
Object Number
y139
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Urbino

Inscription
inscribed inside base ring in blue: 1544 / de quattro cabbalo / Urbi
Culture
Italian
Type
earthenware, ceramics, dishes
Materials
earthenware, glaze
Subject
soldiers, horses, trees, buildings, towns, landscapes (environments), rivers

(Art market); 1923 museum purchase.

Dish, formerly on low foot, with Hercules and the horses of Diomedes

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