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†A CASTELLI MAIOLICA CHARGER, WORKSHOP OF FRANCESCO GRUE, LATE 17TH CENTURY painted after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) with Alexander Attacking Tyre from the Sea from the Wars of Alexander the Great, the equestrian figure seen from the back directing a variety of troops towards the city walls, the rim painted with panels of trophies 41.1cm diameter The scene is taken from plate VII of XI from the series The Distinguished Deeds of Alexander the Great by Antonio Tempesta, published in Rome in 1608. Several dishes depicting this series are recorded. Two are published by Luciana Arbace, Maioliche di Castelli, La Raccolta Acerbo, 1978, pp.36-39, nos.35, 36.