The Dream of Daniel
Date:
1545
Medium:
Tin glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration
Dimensions:
11 1/2 inches (29.21 cm)
Credit Line:
City of Detroit Purchase
Object number:
21.192
The nude figure of Daniel is roused from his sleep (symbo- lized by the nightmarish masks beneath the platform on which he sits) by a trumpeting angel in the sky above him. Densely packed figures, which inhabit the background, are personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins. The scene is based on a drawing by Michelangelo called IL SOGNO (The Dream). On back, two yellow concentric rings, one around rim, the other 1/4" from rim.
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