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| Keywords: Nanni di Bartolo - Plate with Hercules, Nessus and Deianira - Walters 481497.jpg This plate with a sunk center depicts Hercules Nessus and Deianira from an engraving by G J Caraglio after Il Rosso It is painted in blue turquoise-blue copper-green yellow ochre tan brown black and opaque white At the left Nessus holding a floating scarf gallops across the water with Deianira on his back In the center seen partly from the back a river-god who is holding a large vase with his left arm lies on the water near the shore At the right Hercules advances bending his bow There is a landscape background with open water The back is white stained with green and ornamented with three concentric yellow circles and two raised circles at the rim In the center in blue is written D e r c o l l e between 1525 1535 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 4 29 6 accession number 48 1497 39180 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 Inscription On back center in blue D e r c o l l e place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Nanni di Bartolo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Urbino maiolica | ||||
