Plate with Perseus and Andromeda
This scene is characteristic of “istoriato” (with histories or narratives) wares, and is taken from the story of Perseus and Andromeda, told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE—17AD) in his “Metamorphoses.” On the left, Perseus holds the head of Medusa. In the middle, a sea monster...
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10133
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Mrs. M. R. McGarel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. M. R. McGarel Collection Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, July 17, 1913, no. 78; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.1366_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.1366_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.1366_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1366 |
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