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A set of tin-glazed earthen ware plates from the 16th century.
Here 3 sons fight over an inheritance and are commanded, possibly by #KingSolomon, to to dig up their father’s body & shoot it. 2 brothers do not hesitate, but the pious one turns away & gets the inheritance. This story is from the #BabylonianTalmud (3-7 AD) in which the sons are only challengers to knock on their father’s tomb; his corpse is desecrated in later versions.
In Collection: The Davidson Gallery
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#Biblical & #Classical stories are often subjects of #EuropeanArt and these #16CE #Maiolica plates, tin-glazed earthen ware, are no exception. The largest plate depicts the #GreekRomanMyth of Diana and Actaeon in which the goddess of hunting turns Actaeon into a deer after he spies her naked. His hounds then hunt & kill him as they do not recognise their master.
In Collection: The Davidson Gallery
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