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Alpheus and Arethusa, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, double-spouted ewer

Alpheus and Arethusa, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, double-spouted ewer
(c. 1570-1580)

Medium
earthenware (maiolica)

Measurements
28.2 × 28.8 × 18.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1971

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

Accession Number
D98A-1971

Department
International Decorative Arts

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

Physical description
Moulded after manner of a bronze, two semi-human winged female monsters and four grotesque masks etc.