An Urbino charger
Circa 1540, workshop of Orazio Fontana
Finely painted with the Trojan Prince Aeneas at the court of King Latinus, the King presenting his daughter to him, flanked by tents and armies, before distant mountains and fortified buildings on the banks of a lake, the reverse inscribed in blue Quando il Re latino focie pace io enea within yellow concentric circles (slight chipping to rim, hairline crack to border at 10 o'clock)
15 in. (38.2 cm.) diam.
An Urbino charger
Circa 1540, workshop of Orazio Fontana
Finely painted with the Trojan Prince Aeneas at the court of King Latinus, the King presenting his daughter to him, flanked by tents and armies, before distant mountains and fortified buildings on the banks of a lake, the reverse inscribed in blue Quando il Re latino focie pace io enea within yellow concentric circles (slight chipping to rim, hairline crack to border at 10 o'clock)
15 in. (38.2 cm.) diam.
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