AVELLI, Francesco Xanto
(b. ca. 1487, Rovigo, d. ca. 1542, Urbino)

Plate

1537
Maiolica, diameter 44 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The plate depicts the Abduction of Helen; the model for the mythological scene is provided by Raphael through Marcantonio Raimondi.




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