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Palace of Museums - Varallo Art Gallery and Calderini Museum verified

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Polyptych Scarognino
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Christ crowned with thorns
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Lamentation over the body of Christ "Stone of Anointing"
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Gaudenzio Ferrari - Announcing Angel
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Mysteries of the Rosary
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Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - David with the head of Goliath
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Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - David with the head of Goliath
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Flowerpot and wreath
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Pier Celestino Gilardi - The renaiolo sul Po
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Camillo Procaccini - Sacrifice of Isaac
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Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - St. Francis of Assisi in prayer on La Verna
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Bacile
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Round plate
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Centerpiece stand
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Baluster vase
Polyptych Scarognino
Christ crowned with thorns
Lamentation over the body of Christ "Stone of Anointing"
Gaudenzio Ferrari - Announcing Angel
Mysteries of the Rosary
Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - David with the head of Goliath
Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - David with the head of Goliath
Flowerpot and wreath
Pier Celestino Gilardi - The renaiolo sul Po
Camillo Procaccini - Sacrifice of Isaac
Antonio d'Enrico, detto Tanzio da Varallo - St. Francis of Assisi in prayer on La Verna
Bacile
Round plate
Centerpiece stand
Baluster vase

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Description

The plate, painted in full polychromy, illustrates the story of Daedalus and Icarus told in Ovid 's Metamorphoses and is part of a nucleus of historiated majolica, so called for their narrative taste.

Above, father and son conquer the sky thanks to the wings built with feathers and wax; below, Daedalus helps Icarus after his fall, which occurred due to getting too close to the sun. A timeless metaphor that reminds us how one cannot challenge the limits of one's nature.

The date of execution, 1542, is painted on the reverse of the artefact.


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