Footed bowl depicting Cephalus killing Procris
Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
1533 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Cephalus unwittingly killed his wife, Procris, when he threw his spear on hearing a mysterious noise in the forest.
- Artist
- Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
- Date
- 1533
- Medium
- Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered
- Culture
- Italian, Urbino with Gubbio luster
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of V. Everit Macy, in memory of his wife, Edith Carpenter Macy, 1927
