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Wide-rimmed bowl with Perseus and Andromeda

ca. 1522–25
Not on view
At the center of this bowl, Perseus appears with the head of Medusa, whom he has killed. The hero reappears on the bowl's rim, arriving on a puff of cloud to free Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus, who holds her captive. The scenes themselves are discreet and sequential: in mythology separated by time, and on this piece set apart by a white border. The landscape, however, flows continuously from one image into the next.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wide-rimmed bowl with Perseus and Andromeda
  • Maker: Probably "In Castel Durante" Painter (Italian, active Castel Durante, first half of 16th century)
  • Date: ca. 1522–25
  • Culture: Italian, Urbino or Castel Durante
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (4.1 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965
  • Object Number: 65.6.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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