Keywords: Italian - Large Plate with a Pastoral Scene - Walters 481759.jpg The imagery on this plate celebrates the life of pastori shepherds living in close harmony with nature in the mythical ancient land of Arcadia a mountainous remote part of Greece Such scenes used as charming decorative motifs rarely depict specific subjects ca 1750 1775 Baroque earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 4 5 45 5 accession number 48 1759 6669 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 412 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 text place of origin Castelli Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |