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| Keywords: Patanazzi family - Ewer Basin with Leda and the Swan - Walters 481510.jpg The roundel at center shows the nymph Leda making love with Zeus the king of the gods in the shape of a swan This resulted in the birth of twin boys Castor and Pollux also included in the scene One of the twins is crawling out of a large egg This light-hearted treatment of an amorous adventure of the ancient gods is enhanced by the encircling bands of decoration consisting of the antique egg-and-dart motif combined with little faces then hosts of chubby putti playful winged infant deities Such a display of multiple figures in different poses was characteristic of the late 16th-century love of complexity ca 1580 1610 Baroque earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 6 7 45 6 accession number 48 1510 19350 Spitzer Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown no 1117 Jacques Seligmann Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 A Renaissance Gem Revealed Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Patanazzi workshop Ceramics depicting Leda and the Swan Spitzer Collection Swans in art of Italy | ||||
