ID: 700002253 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002253	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Plate with the Abduction of Helen (plate (dish); Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, 1486/1487 - about 1544) (It...; 1534; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.DE.118)

Titles:

Plate with the Abduction of Helen (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

plate (general, dish) [300042991] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1534

Creator Display:

Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, 1486/1487 - about 1544) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Xanto Avelli, Francesco (Italian ceramicist and poet, ca. 1487-ca. 1542) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500014839]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.DE.118

Other: Creation: Urbino [7003994] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tin-glazed earthenware

	earthenware [300140803]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, ceramic ware (visual works), pottery (visual works))

	tin glaze [300233436]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by location or context>, glaze (coating by location), ceramic glaze, <ceramic glaze by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 6.35 x Diam.: 46.04cm (H: 2 1/2 x Diam.: 18 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Abduction of Helen [901001939]
	.....((Trojan War, Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Helen [901001020]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	oceans (marine bodies of water) [300008687]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), marine bodies of water, <marine bodies of water by biome>) (AAT)

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	boats [300178749]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Dated and inscribed on the reverse, ".M.D.XXXIIII / Quest'è'l pastor che mal mirò l bel / volto / D'Helena Greca, e, quel famoso rapto / pel qual fu'l mondo sotto sopra volto. /". Fra[ncesco]:Xa[n]to. A[velli]. /da Rovigo, i[n]/Urbino.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Plate with the Abduction of Helen	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]