AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO TONDINO
Lot 290

AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO TONDINO

CIRCA 1540-1550, PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF GUIDO DURANTINO

Closed17 April 2013

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GBP 3,000

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AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO TONDINO
CIRCA 1540-1550, PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF GUIDO DURANTINO
Painted with the myth of Jupiter surprising Antiope, Jupiter depicted twice, at the left with thunderbolts issuing from his hand and at the centre transformed into a running satyr, Antiope reclining against rockwork beside Cupid and Cupid also depicted in flight above, in a rocky wooded river landscape with a distant town, within a blue line and yellow band rim, section of rim cracked and restored between 4-5 o'clock, very minor flaking to rim
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diameter

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1980, lot 13.

Specialist note

In Greek mythology Antiope was surprised by Jupiter, in the form of a satyr, and ravished by him.