Plate

This maiolica plate was made at Urbino in Italy between 1530 and 1535 by Nicolo Pellipario.

The plate is decorated in polychrome with a depiction of 'The Abduction of Proserpine' from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and a shield of arms. It is inscribed on the back 'de pluto e proserpina' [of Pluto and Proserpine]. Pluto abducted Proserpine as she was picking violets by Lake Pergus. The Sicilian nymph Cyane tried to stop Pluto and he hurled his royal sceptre into Cyane's pool, opening the ground and making a pathway to the depths of the underworld.

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Online ID:	000-190-004-708-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1877.20.94
Date:	1530 - 1535 Between 1530 and 1535
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: de plutu e proserpina
Dimensions:	19 mm H x 268 mm D
What:
Subject:	Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Urbino
Who:	Nicola Pellipario (Possible maker) Shandon Collection (Previous owner)
Where:	Italy, Urbino
Event:
Description:	Maiolica plate decorated in polychrome with "The Abduction of Proserpine" and a shield of arms: Italian, Urbino, probably the same workshop as the Milan Marsyas painter, 1530 - 1535
References:	Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992
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