CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP

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A CASTELLI RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP
Painted with a bull hunting scene after Antonio Tempesta, with further figures and hounds chasing a bull in a wooded glade in the background
The plaque 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) x 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.), in a parcel-gilt wood frame

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Lot Essay

A plaque painted with the same subject (by a less gifted hand) is illustrated by Andrea Antico, et al., 'maioliche di Castelli nella Collezione Acerbo' Museo Acerbo Catalogue (Pescara, 2001), p. 156, no. OA-490.

Left, Antonio Tempesta's print of The Wild Bull Hunt, from Hunting Scenes, VI, is the source for the plaque opposite.

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