Qui.in.agris.bestiar.more.passin.vagabantur.et.hi in.unu[m]. ratione.conpulsi;primu[m].ad.utilia.et.honesta.propter-insolentia.reclamantes.deinde.propter.ratione[m] et oratione[m].studiosius:mites.ex feris.et.mansuetos.reddidit.Eloquentia.
On display?
Yes
Further description
Simple name
Earthenware
Inspired by a passage in Cicero’s De Inventione, the speaker addressing the nude figures represents Cicero’s wise man speaking to the uncivilised; the clothed group symbolises humanity after civilization through Eloquence. An inscription on the reverse explains the scene, dating it ‘1549’ and ‘Mazo’ (probably ‘May’ in Venetian).
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