MAKE A MEME View Large Image Francesco Xanto Avelli - Plate with Hypermnestra Watching Lynceus Take Her Father's Crown - Walters 481324.jpg According to Greek myth a king named Danaus ordered his daughter Hypermnestra to kill her husband Lynceus on their wedding night ...
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Keywords: Francesco Xanto Avelli - Plate with Hypermnestra Watching Lynceus Take Her Father's Crown - Walters 481324.jpg According to Greek myth a king named Danaus ordered his daughter Hypermnestra to kill her husband Lynceus on their wedding night Because Lynceus was so kind to her Hypermnestra instead helped him to flee Danaus attempted to have his daughter put to death but the court cleared her Eventually Lynceus killed Danaus ruled in his place here he takes the crown and was reunited with Hypermnestra The plaque reading Love conquers all carried by a cupid foretells this ending The ancient subject was obscure so Xanto Avelli included identifying inscriptions under the two male figures 1537 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 2 3 25 5 accession number 48 1324 31138 H Wencke Collection Hamburg date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Xanto Avelli Omnia vincit amor Cupid on plates Hypermnestra mythology Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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