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

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)

Entities

Dish

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: 8.0 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

Probably made in the workshop of Guido Durantino (Fontana) or if between 1565 and 1571 possibly in the workshop of Orazio Fontana

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

References and bibliographic entries

Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): pp. 378-380
Italian Maiolica of the Renaissance page(s): 380-3

Related exhibitions

Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.64-1912
Primary reference Number: 79806
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 13 March 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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