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| Keywords: Baldassare Manara - Dish with Lion Hunt - Walters 481499.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Baldassare Manara <br/> Giovanni Antonio da Brescia Italian ca 1460-ca 1520 The dramatic subject matter is based on an engraving by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia 1490-1525 reproducing a relief from an ancient Roman sarcophagus Baldassare Manara one of the most prominent maiolica painters of the 16th century has not just copied the print but has added new character to the scene by placing the figures in a landscape filled with rocks trees and strange buildings To Manara's audience the subject of a lion hunt would have evoked a heroic ancient past ca 1520 1547 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 27 4 w accession number 48 1499 36602 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Amico Aspertini 1475-1552 e il suo tempo Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna 40126 Bologna 2008-2009 place of origin Faenza Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Baldassare Manara Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Faenza maiolica | ||||
