Dish
ca. 1540 (made)
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Dish on low foot, painted in blue, yellow, brownish-orange, black and opaque white, with a bust of a lady, three-quarters left, waring a hat and round her neck a chain; inscribed: 'ILENA BELLA'. The background particoloured yellow and blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Dish on low foot depicting portrait of a lady with inscription 'ILENA BELLA', made in Castel Durante or Urbino, about 1540, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Dish on low foot, painted in blue, yellow, brownish-orange, black and opaque white, with a bust of a lady, three-quarters left, waring a hat and round her neck a chain; inscribed: 'ILENA BELLA'. The background particoloured yellow and blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ILENA BELLA' (Italian. Painted on the front.) |
| Gallery label | Dish depicting portrait of a lady
Made in Castel Durante or Urbino about 1540
Inscription: ELENA BELLA
Tin-glazed earthenware
1687-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection. |
| Production | J mallet, 05/99 Look through Ballardini corpus for dating. Perhaps this is later. Blue, green, yellow, orange, brown and blackish blue and white higlights. |
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| Other number | 588 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 1687-1855 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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