Plate with Hercules and Lichas and arms of the Pucci family
In the early 1530s, the painter Xanto created an ambitious dinner service for a member of the Pucci family of Florence; six plates from the set are displayed here. On this example, the Pucci arms can be seen at upper left, while at the center, Hercules grabs a would-be assassin by the ankle. The action continues at right, where Hercules’s defeated opponent flies headlong into the sea.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate with Hercules and Lichas and arms of the Pucci family
- Artist: Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (ca. 1486–1582)
- Date: 1532
- Culture: Italian, Urbino
- Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904
- Object Number: 04.9.7
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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1532
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