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Hercules and Omphale with Cupid
Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with Hercules and Omphale with Cupid.
Dish. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse unevenly applied and tinged with greyish-green. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white.
Shape approximately 59, but with wider, shallower well. Circular with sloping rim and wide shallow well, standing on a footring.
Hercules and Omphale with Cupid. Hercules sits in front of a rock on the left. He has a distaff under his left arm and holds a spindle in his right hand. Cupid, holding a bow, stands between him and Omphale who approaches from the right. In the foreground there is grass and a stony path, to the right, a tree, and in the background, hills and buildings. A narrow blue band and a wider yellow band encircle the rim. On the back, `ercole e dianira' is inscribed in the middle in blue, and there are yellow bands round the shoulder, near the rim, and on the edge.
History note: Probably purchased in May 1925 from Robinson & Fisher, London, by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991
H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 25.5 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Late
Renaissance
Circa
1570
CE
-
1590
CE
Attribution uncertain, probably made in Urbino or Venice
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white)
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse unevenly applied and tinged with greyish-green. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: heraldic seal consisting of a shield charged with three six-pointed stars one above the other, with an illegible crest above
Accession number: C.213-1991
Primary reference Number: 73150
Packing number: EURCER 690
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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