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The Death of Aeschylus
Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica dish on a low foot, painted in polychrome with The Death of Aeschylus.
Dish on a low foot. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige. Painted in dark greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white.
Shape 78 with a slight step in the foot. Circular with shallow upturned sides, standing on a low foot.
The Death of Aeschylus. Aeschylus reclines on the left beside a bush and rocks with an open book on the ground in front of him. An eagle flying above has just dropped a tortoise, which has landed upside down on his head. On the right are rocks and a stream, in the middle, five long-legged, long-necked birds, and a ruin in front of which the Fate, Clotho, sits holding a distaff. In the distance is a ruined rotunda and mountains. The rim is yellow. Inside the foot are two wide yellow bands each between narrow blue. The outside of the foot is yellow, and wide yellow and narrow blue bands encircle its junction with the dish. The back of the dish is encircled by a narrow blue band midway across, and narrow blue and wide yellow by the rim.
History note: Probably Mrs Bryan Harland; Sotheby's, 20 May 1932, Catalogue of continental pottery, lot 21; William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, lot 2; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 26.0 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1535
CE
-
1550
CE
Faenza or Forli
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige. Painted in dark greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white.
Accession number: C.207-1991
Primary reference Number: 73074
Packing number: EURCER 692
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Death of Aeschylus" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73074 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:28:46
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