Dish
ca. 1520-40 (made)
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This type of large dishes called piatti da pompa were produced in Deruta for most of the 16th century. They often show idealised portraits of women, inspired by the paintings of Perugino and Pinturicchio. These dishes commonly have scrolls with moralising inscriptions and proverbs, in Latin or Italian. This beautifully painted dish might have been given to a girl called 'Susanna' (the female name appearing on the scroll) as a present for her bethrothal or wedding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish for a ewer depicting a lady in dress of the period, 'SVANNA BELLA PV' on scroll, probably made in Deruta, about 1515, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Dish for a ewer depicting a portrait of a lady in dress of the period, inscription: 'SVANNA BELLA PV' (Beautiful and pure Susanna). |
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| Gallery label | Dish depicting Portrait of a lady in dress of the period
Probably made in Deruta, Italy About 1520-40
Inscription: 'SV(S)ANNA BELLA PV' (Beautiful and pure Susanna)
Tin-glazed earthenware
4078-1857(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Missing after the war 51/2168. Found. |
| Summary | This type of large dishes called piatti da pompa were produced in Deruta for most of the 16th century. They often show idealised portraits of women, inspired by the paintings of Perugino and Pinturicchio. These dishes commonly have scrolls with moralising inscriptions and proverbs, in Latin or Italian. This beautifully painted dish might have been given to a girl called 'Susanna' (the female name appearing on the scroll) as a present for her bethrothal or wedding. |
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| Other number | 422 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 4078-1857 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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