Plate
Dateca. 1555-1565
Maker
Italian, Urbino
Maker
Fontana workshop
Designer
Battista Franco
Italian, ca. 1500-1561
Label TextThis plate probably was designed by the artist Battista Franco (ca. 1500-1561). The inscription on the reverse reads Il Ratto deelena (The Rape of Helen).
Object number56.268
ProvenanceSpitzer Collection sale in 1893, Volume 4, No. 95, catalogued by Emile Molinier in 1892; [David Benzaria, New York, by 1956]; purchased from Mr. Benzaria by Seattle Art Museum, December 5, 1956
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 5/16 in. (5.91 cm)
Diam.: 17 5/8 in.
MediumMaiolica with overglaze decoration
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.3
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