15929965390001312637261000Standard Recordobject-47105170206231985516884055140001702062268831fitz-onlineadlib-object-47105https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47105ba8e4b8f-377c-31ab-b164-5c5bc08a5dec12referenceagent-184891adlib-agent-184891aae69265-3027-31c5-bb8d-079564a98f7dSeillière, Achille, Baronreferenceagent-152396adlib-agent-15239694c250f0-97ff-3cdc-a96e-153895d2f6d2Beit, Ottoreferenceagent-179498adlib-agent-179498a66203ba-d987-331b-b04a-3ce6ee72d5c0Beit, Alfred, Sirpersonreferenceagent-159004adlib-agent-15900420819edb-79d1-3046-8b87-f005dd797e0dMusespersonreferenceagent-159003adlib-agent-1590034148503f-c2eb-3c42-8a86-d0ebf4d60c27Pieridespersonreferenceagent-150445adlib-agent-150445cd439c8d-0fd9-39e7-9062-341b662b8069Apollopersonreferenceagent-153277adlib-agent-153277ec3a8dd6-5f0b-3597-b38b-2feba1deeacfMinervareferenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42865adlib-term-4286592be1d50-bb1c-3472-950f-b140ee6cdde9maiolicareferenceterm-1111adlib-term-111146c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09mythologyreferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyApplied ArtsMaiolica dish, painted in polychrome, with The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides.Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides; the glaze on the reverse is pale beige and speckled. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, beige, brown, manganese, black, and a little white high-lighting. Shape 64. Circular with narrow rim, and wide, shallow well. The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides. The nine daughters of Pierus stand on the right separated by a stream from the Muses, led by Callipte who holds a harp. Above, a group of nymphs, gods and goddesses, including Apollo and Minerva, serve as judges. In the landscape background there are stunted trees on hills, and on the right, a coastline with buildings and distant mountains. The edge is yellow. The back is inscribed in the middle in blue, 'Ausae Cum Musjs Committere proelja/Voce Victae nunc Volitant jmmitantes/omnia pjcae/Fatto jn Urbino in Botega de Mo (o raised)/Guido da Casteldurante' (Having dared to have contests with the Muses and defeated by voice, they now fly away as magpies imitating everything). Single yellow bands encircle the junction of the rim and well, and the outer edge.Glass Case 3referenceexhibition-1593adlib-exhibition-1593fd30d837-baf8-3d76-a0b4-e807f467df73Collection of Pictures of the Umbrian School and Other Works of ArtCase 950, Nreferenceexhibition-7adlib-exhibition-7402373ec-9de7-3594-a5c1-e9a53ff076ceExhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900Case 4referenceexhibition-1594adlib-exhibition-15942ab249bc-ee3d-33bb-86f5-580f556ad48eItalian Maiolica from the Fitzwilliam Museumno cataloguereferenceexhibition-1605adlib-exhibition-160504d3c358-0bef-3d8f-8df5-14f16987ac1bItalian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam MuseumEC.35-19421accession numberEC.35-194247105priref47105urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47105https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47105middle of backpainted in blueAusae Cum Musjs Committere proelja/Voce Victae nunc Volitant jmmitantes/omnia pjcae/Fatto jn Urbino in Botega de Mo (o raised)/Guido da Casteldurante'inscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's194219421942-10-16bought15451545CE1545circa1545155011550CE15501550workshopreferenceagent-39957adlib-agent-39957a857a45e-ad93-3e9f-87e7-346c948ec5a4Durantino, Guidoattributedpainterreferenceagent-50229adlib-agent-502294427783a-9bc6-3f58-adb4-00020a1ae1d9Gatti, Camilloafterpainterreferenceagent-117964adlib-agent-117964525e5bf0-1995-3c79-a5a0-3b0834e1b96fRosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo)afterprintmakerreferenceagent-159002adlib-agent-15900293c9a327-1a2c-3628-ab1d-6a7c039660b0Caraglio, Giovanni GiacomoAlthough the attribution to a workshop in Urbino is secure, the identity of the painter has been the subject of speculation. Orazio Fontana , Guido da Urbino's son, can be excluded because the painting on the front, and the handwriting on the back are far superior to those on a dish decorated with this subject which bore his monogram, which was formerly in the Schlossmuseum, Berlin but was destroyed during World War II. Bernard Rackham in 1940 considered that it might have been painted by Camillo Fontana, and in 1987 J.V.G. Mallet proposed Camillo Gatti as a likely executant. Another dish decorated with this subject in the same workshop was formerly in the collection at the Hôtel Lambert, Paris, sold at Sotheby's Paris on 11 October 2022. It is inscribed with the subject, the date, 1539, and 'In Botega de Mo Guido/de CaSteldurati' (In the workshop of Maestro Guido of Casteldurante). See Documentation.The literary souce for the story of Muses and the Pierides was the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book V, 294-678. The nine daughters of Pierus, King of Emathia, overconfident of their musical talent, challenged the Muses to a singing contest. After all the contestants had performed, the adjudicating nymphs declared the Muses the winners. The Pierides unwisely clamoured against their decision, and as punishment for their presumption and rudeness were transformed into chattering magpies.The source of the design was an engraving by G.G. Caraglio after 'The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides' by Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540), probably the painting now in the Louvre in Paris (inv. 595: MR 69 dated to c. 1523-27. The inscription on the back of the dish was taken from the bottom of the print where it appears in capitals, AUSAE CUM MUSIS COMMITTERE PROELIA VOCE VICTAE NUNC VOLITANT IMMITANTES OMNIA PICAE. 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imagereferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishhistory noteProbably the Comtesse de Cambis; Baron Achille Seillière; sold Christie's, 13 July 1888, Catalogue of Old Italian Maiolica from the Collection of a Well-known Amateur, lot 198 (95 guineas); Sir Otto Beit, London; Sir Alfred Beit, BT, MP, London; sold Sotheby's, 16 September 1942, Catalogue of the Important Italian Majolica the property of Sir Alfred Beit, B.T., M.P., p. 23, lot 63; sold to Louis C.G. Clarke for the Fitzwilliam.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Probably mentioned311-2referencepublication-2998adlib-publication-2998443b0248-5e0b-36b0-8ca6-acdca5c52888Histoire de la céramique: Étude descriptive et raisonnée des poteries de tous les temps et de tous les peuplesPubl. No. 838, illustrated pl. XXVI104-5referencepublication-2999adlib-publication-29994e269c8d-631e-34c3-a9a4-23c5962ea0abCatalogue of the Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Possession of Mr Otto BeitPubl. Text p. 81, illustrated fig. 18.81referencepublication-200000966adlib-publication-200000966672eb0ab-7ded-3102-a561-9a9568bee96bMajolica at the Exhibition of Italian ArtPubl. p. 322, no. 1068322referencepublication-3044adlib-publication-304479758593-6b11-35fb-b361-384d93822be9A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, January-March, l930Publ. Discussed p. 340; illustrated pl. CIXa and b340referencepublication-200000967adlib-publication-2000009676e8bc1a6-ae07-3f4d-b0c6-801848011289Majoliken aus der Werkstatt der FontanaPubl. Illustrated in colour on front cover, in blakc and white on p. 292, figs. 9, 9a, and text see pp. 293-4, and listing of documentary pieces, p. 298, no. 35.292-4, 298referencepublication-200000968adlib-publication-2000009685fe4ce32-e6e9-3237-a65b-9ad0cd61e374In Botega di Maestro Guido Durantino in Urbinoreferencepublication-8419adlib-publication-8419539aee1e-9757-3e3f-aa55-2099c7400e7eÂge d’or de la Faïence italienne au XVIe siècleRef. p. 192, no. 53192referencepublication-3001adlib-publication-300127f71291-a6cd-3682-964b-19e526b12700The Illustrated Bartsch 28 formerly volume 15 (Part 1) Italian Masters of the Sixteenth CenturyRef. The subject is taken from Book V, lines 294-678. The words at the end of line 299 imitantes omnia picae are included in the inscription on the dish.258-85referencepublication-3022adlib-publication-3022010d272f-1847-3d31-afc3-5c277e9854c1Ovid in Six Volumes III Metamorphoses with an English Translation by Frank Justus MillerPubl. pp. 365-6, no. 404.pp. 365-6referencepublication-3010adlib-publication-3010e3e61863-a797-3051-8d0a-20288306ca36Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. pp. 24-33, with German translation pp. 33-40 for a dish decorated with the same subject inscribed on the reverse, 'Questo fu fatto nela botega/de Mo Guido Vasaro/da Castello Dur/ante in Urbi/no, a di 5/Novembre nel 1542'24-33referencepublication-200002970adlib-publication-20000297012dc71e9-349f-3eab-9d92-7e31ff4ce8beMaioliche dello "Schlossmuseum" di Berlino perdute nella Seconda Guera MondialeCf. pp. 44-5, lot 4, a large dish 45 cm in diameter, decorated with 'The Challenge of the Pierides' with the arms of Petrucci above, and inscribed on the reverse: Le diSprezatrice di/Baccho ConueSe in/piche/1539/in Botega de Mo Guido/de CaSteldurati'. Not cited by Poole, 1995 under no. 404. The painting by Rosso Fiorentino of c. 1520, is illustrated. Musée du Louvre, inv. 595: MR 69, date given c. 1523-27.44-5referencepublication-8903adlib-publication-890391451c3e-4e14-3fbe-97c5-6d227ba39ad5Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs- d’oeuvrereferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissanceobject namereferenceterm-108520adlib-term-1085203d03db93-5ad2-382d-a3fd-74714dff5549harpplantreferenceterm-58471adlib-term-58471ce00216e-da4e-37b3-974c-c2b6377d6c19treeactivityreferenceterm-23596adlib-term-23596f5fe6ab7-fea6-31d5-8f77-1ad5f40613ccmusicplace typereferenceterm-106275adlib-term-106275a1bd9046-a422-36ac-a493-60fa7c7f7e91landscapenamed eventreferenceterm-110709adlib-term-110709ce9cc434-0950-3a3c-8f0a-f7229163c004Contest between the Muses and PieridesliteralharpharpliteraltreetreeliteralmusicmusicliterallandscapelandscapeliteralContest between the Muses and PieridesContest between the Muses and Pieridesreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishpale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides; the glaze on the reverse is pale beige and speckled. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, beige, brown, manganese, black, and a little white high-lighting.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingThe Contest between the Muses and the Pieridesobject
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