A CASTELLI LARGE ARMORIAL DISH
SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Painted in the manner of Francesco Grue, in a blue, green, ochre, yellow and manganese palette, the centre with a scene from the life of Alexander the Great, Alexander covering the body of Darius after an engraving by Antoine Tempesta, Alexander on horseback covering the body lying in a horse drawn chariot among a crowd of Greek and Persian solders on horseback and Persians in the distance within a yellow ground well with a band of manganese trailing flowering foliage, the rim with radiating panels of trophies and surmounted with the coat-of-arms of the Medici (restoration and overpainting to coat-of-arms, slight chipping and retouching to rim)
17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) diam.
A CASTELLI LARGE ARMORIAL DISH
SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Painted in the manner of Francesco Grue, in a blue, green, ochre, yellow and manganese palette, the centre with a scene from the life of Alexander the Great, Alexander covering the body of Darius after an engraving by Antoine Tempesta, Alexander on horseback covering the body lying in a horse drawn chariot among a crowd of Greek and Persian solders on horseback and Persians in the distance within a yellow ground well with a band of manganese trailing flowering foliage, the rim with radiating panels of trophies and surmounted with the coat-of-arms of the Medici (restoration and overpainting to coat-of-arms, slight chipping and retouching to rim)
17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) diam.
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