Lot 113
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A Siena plate
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A Siena plate

CIRCA 1745, PROBABLY FERDINANDO MARIA CAMPANI

Details
A Siena plate
Circa 1745, probably Ferdinando Maria Campani
Painted with Hercules bringing Alcestis before King Admetus, Admetus seated on a rock with a female attendant nearby, before distant buildings and mountains, within a manganese line and ochre rim (slight rim chip at 5 o'clock, the centre with an area of re-painting to disguise flaking, slight flaking to rim)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Schloß Thallwitz (reverse with red inventory number Th.7.)
Literature
Steffen Berg, op. cit. (January 1996), pl. 16.
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Lot Essay

The graphic source above is Bartoli, op. cit. (Rome 1680), pl. X. (Reproduced courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum Picture Library, London).

When King Admetus was about to die, his wife, Alcestis, opted to take his place instead. Hercules went down to the underworld and freed her from Death's grip, bringing her back to earth.

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