17b Orazio Fontana, ceramic bowl, detail, ca

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TitleBowl

Creator nameFontana, Orazio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 1565

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTin–glazed earthenware

DimensionsUnknown

LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1138/fontana–workshop–possibly–orazio–fontana–or–possibly–flaminio–fontana–basin–with–deucalion–and–pyrrha–italian–about–1565–1575/

Accession number86.DE.539

SubjectsDeucalion (Greek mythology)Mythology, Greek, in artLove in art

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Paul Barolsky

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.47-79

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00090.005

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Chapter subject tags:Ovid, 43 B.C.–17 A.D. or 18 A.D. MetamorphosesLove in artCorreggio, 1489?–1534Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640

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