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A Triumph over the Forces of King Juba: MAR.C.64-1912

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Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)

Titles

A Triumph over the Forces of King Juba

Maker(s)

Workshop: Durantino, Guido (Possibly)
Workshop: Fontana, Orazio (Possibly)
Artist: Zuccari, Federico (After)

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Description

Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome, with A Triumph over the Forces of King Juba.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse is pale beige and has crawled in two places. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, stone, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white. Shape 59. Circular with wide sloping rim and deep well, slightly convex in the middle, standing on a footring.
A Triumph over the Forces of King Juba. On the left, a Victory holds a wreath over the head of Caesar, who is seated in a chariot drawn by two horses and accompanied by five soldiers. A group of captives with their arms tied behind their backs walk in front of the chariot. Behind them there are two standards, trumpeters, and the lances of soldiers who have moved on out of sight, and further back two trees, a rotunda, and a larger building with three orders of columns applied to its facade. In the foreground there are rocks and grass. The rim is yellow. The back is inscribed in the middle in black 'Abbatute le forze del Re juba' (King Juba's forces defeated). There are single yellow bands inside and outside the footring and round the shoulder, and two round the edge.

Notes

History note: Unknown

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 43.5 cm
Height: 8 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Urbino ⪼ The Marches ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1562 CE - 1570 CE

Note

The scene shows Caesar's Roman triumph of 46 BC, celebrating his victory over Scipio and Juba I King of Numidia at Thapsus. Juba escaped after the battle but committed suicide. His infant son, Juba II (d. 23 AD), was led (or according to Plutarch, carried) in the triumph and, when adult, became a Roman citizen and was reinstated. The dish was probably made in the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana) or if between 1565 and 1571 possibly in the workshop of his son, Orazio Fontana. It is one of a series made in Urbino between 1561-2 and 1585 which are related to drawings of several versions of a ‘Triumph of Caesar’ attributed to Federico Zuccaro (1540/1-1609). In three of these drawings the chariot and horses are seen approaching the viewer from the left: one in the Louvre (4517), and two in the Uffizi (12264F, Santarelli collection, and 11881F ). A fourth drawing shows the chariot in profile (Pierpont Morgan Library I 80 A) and a fifth shows it in profile but moving away from the viewer towards the right (New York private collection).

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, stone, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse is pale beige and has crawled in two places. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, stone, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Abbatute le forze del Re juba
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Painted in black

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.64-1912
Primary reference Number: 79806
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 July 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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