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| Keywords: Workshop of Guido Durantino - Ewer with Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa - Walters 481511 - Side B.jpg This fine ewer or pitcher would have been placed on a matching basin for washing one's hands or face bearing the same unidentified coat of arms Given how easily earthenware is broken it is not surprising that the basin is lost; few complete sets survive The Greek hero Perseus stands before a serene landscape holding the severed head of the feared Gorgon Medusa a female monster with snakes for hair Perseus accepted the challenge of slaying her in order to save his mother from a forced marriage ca 1550 1560 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 34 3 14 2 accession number 48 1511 33939 G H Morland before 1862 by purchase Octavius E Coope Brentwood Essex 1866 by purchase Sale Christie's London May 3 1910 no 28 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 initials place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Guido Durantino Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
