Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth / Artist Unknown, Italy or France
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.38
- Title
- Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
- Artist Nationality
- Italian or French
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 1557-1600
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cecile L. Fusfeld
- Style/Group/Movement
- Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 8 cm x 44.2 cm x 44.2 cm (3 1/8 in. x 17 3/8 in. x 17 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- dish
- Physical Description
- A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
- Subject Matter
- A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- ceramics
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- earthenware
- events
- genres in the arts
- legendary creatures
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1159 x 971
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 1978/2.38
- Link to this Item
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"Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth; Artist Unknown, Italy or France." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.38/1978_2.38.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
