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This dish probably belongs to this set; the original design is known and copies of it were probably made by potters and used as tracings.\r\n\r\nVasari attributes the services to potters from Castel Durante but it is more likely that they were made in Urbino, in the workshop of Guido Durantino, who indeed was from Castel Durante. Guido, who took the name Fontana around 1540, was the head of one of the most important maiolica workshop of the city of Urbino, specialised in producing 'istoriato' or narrative ware.","physicalDescription":"Plate, concave centre, large flat rim; tin-glazed front and back.\r\nPainted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, manganese, purple and white.\r\nThe centre depicts King Priam receiving Helen of Troy, who leans forward to be embraced by him, surrounded by a group of ladies, two horse-men and two foot-soldiers. Behind them is an arch-like structure with salomonic columns. The border contains satyrs, putti, eagles and trophies, divided down the centre and repeating in mirror image. The border is bounded by two bands of beads and lozenge decoration painted in brown, white and yellow.\r\nOn the back concentric circles in yellow and, in blue, an inscription in capital letters:\r\nIL RE TROIAN RICEVE HELLENA/BELLA (the Trojan King receives beautiful Helen)","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Camillo Gatti","id":"A16880"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28690"},"note":"painter"},{"name":{"text":"Durantino, Guido","id":"A20480"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28690"},"note":"workshop of"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours","categories":[],"styles":[{"text":"Renaissance","id":"AAT21140"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2008BT0058","2006AN8919"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"28","shelf":"2","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Urbino","id":"x33375"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"},{"place":{"text":"Castel Durante","id":"x38917"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1541-51","earliest":"1541-01-01","latest":"1551-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"41","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"IL RE TROIAN RICEVE HELLENA/BELLA","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"the Trojan King receives beautiful Helen","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dish with King Priam welcoming Helen to Troy; tin-glazed earthenware, made in Urbino or Castel Durante, 1541-51","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Clifford, Timothy, Mallet, J.V.G. <i>Battista Franco as a Designer for Maiolica</i>, <i>Burlington Magazine</i>, June 1976"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Trusted, Marjorie (ed.) <u>The Making of Sculpture. 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