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Thisbe and the lioness, plate

ITALY, Urbino (manufacturer)
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

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

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

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