Plate depicting scene of Vulcan, Venus and Mars

Figures painted by Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
After a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio Italian
After a painting by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian
dated 1542
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate depicting scene of Vulcan, Venus and Mars
  • Artist: Figures painted by Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (ca. 1486–1582)
  • Artist: After a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?))
  • Artist: After a painting by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
  • Date: dated 1542
  • Culture: Italian, Urbino
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (2.9 × 27 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904
  • Object Number: 04.9.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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