Pharmacy jar with subjects from The Campaigns of Julius Caesar

The Patanazzi family created this maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) pharmacy jar, titled "Pharmacy jar with subjects from The Campaigns of Julius Caesar," between 1580 and 1581. The jar measures 25 3/16 × 12 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (64 × 32.4 × 29.8 cm) and weighs 20 lb. (9.1 kg). It is classified under Ceramics-Pottery and held by the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department.

The Patanazzi family is known to have produced other works, with comparable holdings including an "Inkstand with Apollo and the Muses" (1584) and a "Plate" (ca. 1600), both also at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their nationality, birth, and death years are not provided in the supplied artist authority record.

The jar was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art through The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, in 1931. Information regarding the jar's culture, specific provenance before its acquisition, exhibition history, or scholarly literature is not available in the provided catalogue data.