Basin with Apollo and the Muses

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Basin with Apollo and the Muses

Italy (Urbino); Workshop: Patanazzi family

Date
c. 1575–1600
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

The painter of this elaborate water basin was just one of countless artists and craftsmen who found inspiration in prints, in this case, Marcantonio Raimondi's engraving Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus (c. 1517–20). It is worth noting that the maiolica painter was looking back three or four generations for source material, which he then distorted for his own purposes. Italy, Europe

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