Lot Essay
The central figure of Venus is from the same graphic source as the Leda and the Swan on a dish in Brunswick by the same hand. See Johanna Lessman, op.cit. (1979), no. 521, p.365.
CIRCA 1550, THE REVERSE INSCRIBED IN BLUE D'VLCANE
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An Urbino Istoriato dish with a story of Vulcan, Mars and Venus
Circa 1550, the reverse inscribed in blue D'vlcane
The story depicted in three phases, to the left, Vulcan at his forge with Cupid, in the foreground Mars and Venus embracing and to the right, Venus with a child in an extensive landscape with two tall trees and distant buildings across water (broken in several pieces and restored)
11in. (28cm.) diam.
Circa 1550, the reverse inscribed in blue D'vlcane
The story depicted in three phases, to the left, Vulcan at his forge with Cupid, in the foreground Mars and Venus embracing and to the right, Venus with a child in an extensive landscape with two tall trees and distant buildings across water (broken in several pieces and restored)
11in. (28cm.) diam.