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Thisbe and the lioness, plate

Thisbe and the lioness, plate
(c. 1570-1600)

Medium
earthenware (maiolica)

Measurements
4.9 × 23.9 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939

Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Urbino, Italy

Inscription
painted in green (vertically) on base c.: TISIBA ·

Accession Number
4412-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

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Physical description
Painted in colours, Thisbe scared by lion at fountain, which is in form of woman with two spouting ewers.