Plate Depicting the Myth of Cadmus

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Plate Depicting the Myth of Cadmus

Maestro Giorgio AndreoliLinkedCulture matchlcp-3df8d2de8eef

Date
1526
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware with gold lustre (maiolica)
Culture
Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio, 16th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
127474

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Obeying the command of an oracle, Cadmus followed a cow to Boeotia, or “oxen-land.” There he slayed a dragon and buried its teeth in the ground. From the teeth grew a crop of warriors who fought each other until only the strongest five remained. Cadmus invited the victors to join him, and together they built the city of Thebes, where the mythological hero, Hercules (or Herakles) was later born. This plate depicts multiple scenes from the Greek myth of Cadmus.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Baron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild [1843-1940], Frankfurt-am-Main. | (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).

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