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Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
Plate from the Pucci Service: 'Hero and Leander'1532

Not on view
Circular maiolica plate with yellow rim, painted with a multi-figure mythological scene including nude figures, a winged youth, a castle, a river, and a heraldic shield hanging from a tree

Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo, Plate from the Pucci Service: 'Hero and Leander', 1532, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
Italy, Urbino, active 1530–1542
Title
Plate from the Pucci Service: 'Hero and Leander'
Place Made
Italy, Urbino
Date Made
1532
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm); Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.9.14
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Hess, Catherine. The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on Glass and Ceramics of the Italian Renaissance. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 2004.