Plate with Hercules and Lichas and arms of the Pucci family
Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
1532 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In the early 1530s, the painter Xanto created an ambitious dinner service for a member of the Pucci family of Florence; six plates from the set are displayed here. On this example, the Pucci arms can be seen at upper left, while at the center, Hercules grabs a would-be assassin by the ankle. The action continues at right, where Hercules’s defeated opponent flies headlong into the sea.
- Artist
- Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
- Date
- 1532
- Medium
- Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Culture
- Italian, Urbino
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1904
