Hermaphroditus and Salamacis, between 1747 and 1750

  • Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian
  • Gugliemo della Porta, Italian, active Rome 1534 - 1577

Hard-paste porcelain

  • Overall: 4 3/4 × 5 5/8 × 1/8 inches (12.1 × 14.3 × 0.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

F1990.20

Leonardo Lapiciarella, Florence

(Armin B. Allen, London, England and New York, USA)

1990-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Doccia Porcelain Factory; after a model by Gugliemo della Porta, Hermaphroditus and Salamacis, between 1747 and 1750, hard-paste porcelain. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, F1990.20.