Details
Artist | attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo, Italian, ca. 1492-ca. 1542 |
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Date | 1537 |
Medium | Tin-glazed earthenware with enamel decoration |
Dimensions | Overall: 1 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (3.2 × 26 cm) |
Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Joseph Boyer Memorial Fund |
Accession Number | 57.36 |
Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
On View | Decorative Arts S350, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Signed | Signed: F.X.R. [artist's initials] |
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Marks | Marks, in red, on bottom: 57.36 |
Inscriptions | Inscribed, on bottom, in dark blue: 1537 | Dal sasso i le sals | ode Esaco giettasi. | .F.X.R [translation: Aesacus jumped from the rocks into the salt sea | initials for Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo] |
Provenance
(R. Stora, New York, New York, USA);
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Renaissance Works of Art from the Permanent Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, n.p.
Bulletin of the DIA 87, no. 1/4: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics (2013): cat. no. 16.
Bulletin of the DIA 87, no. 1/4: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics (2013): cat. no. 16.