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A CAFAGGIOLO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO FOOTED DISH (COPPA)
Lot 16

A CAFAGGIOLO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO FOOTED DISH (COPPA)

ALMOST CERTAINLY DATED 1552

Fermé21 November 2018

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A CAFAGGIOLO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO FOOTED DISH (COPPA)
ALMOST CERTAINLY DATED 1552
Painted with a scene from the legend of Diana and Acteon, the reverse inscribed Ateon converse in / Cervio [1]552 (?)
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter

Note du spécialiste

This dish appears to be by the same hand as the plate at Cluny (inv. 2310) illustrated by Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux, Paris, 1974, pp. 118-119, no. 431, the reverse of which is inscribed In chafagiuollo with the SP monogram.

The inscription translates as 'Acteon turned into a stag', alluding to the ancient story of prince Acteon, who accidentally came upon Diana and her nymphs bathing while he was hunting. Diana turned him into a stag and he was killed by his own hunting hounds.