Maiolica dish: The Departure of Ceyx
Unknown artist, c. 1498

This dish is one of the first maiolica dishes to be painted in the istoriato (narrative) style. The dish portrays a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 11, in which King Ceyx ignores the pleas of his wife Alcyone and sets out on a voyage on which he will be drowned. It is set within an elaborate border featuring putti, fruit and flowers, vases, and cornucopias.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Maiolica dish: The Departure of Ceyx, c. 1498
Date supported
2006
Medium and material
Tin glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 cm
Grant
22500

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