# Plate with the Sinking of the Fleet of Seleucus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [AVELLI, Francesco Xanto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/avelli-francesco-xanto-r7feee572eeac0c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 26,5 cm

## Commentary

This impressive maiolica plate was part of a service commissioned by the Pucci family in Florence; it was common for elaborate maiolica dinnerware such as this to be decorated with the family&#39;s coat-of-arms. The plate indicates the impact of the style of Michelangelo on personal and domestic culture. The theme is taken from an obscure third-century text, History of the World by Marcus Junianus Justinus, as Avelli tells us in an inscription on the bottom of the plate, along with his signature and the date.

## Related artworks

- [Plate](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/avelli-francesco-xanto-r7feee572eeac0c/plate-rb2a7a3766d5581>)

## Attribution

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