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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Dish

1520 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Andreoli, Giorgio (made)
Place of origin
Gubbio (made)

Large dish with St. Lazarus surrounded by a wide border of grotesque ornament, putti and four medallions. A firing crack, and bad staining on the back, also caused during firing. Painted with blue, green and yellow and with gold lustre.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Large dish with St. Lazarus, wide border of grotesque ornament, putti and medallions, Workshop of Maestro Giorgio, Gubbio, dated 1520, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Physical description
Large dish with St. Lazarus surrounded by a wide border of grotesque ornament, putti and four medallions. A firing crack, and bad staining on the back, also caused during firing. Painted with blue, green and yellow and with gold lustre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 46cm
From Rackham
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'S.L.' (Painted on either side of the figure.)
    Translation
    for 'Saint Lazarus'
  • Santa Caterina, Nerone, faustina (Italian. Painted on medallions)
  • 'Cosi fugi la vita nostra' (Italian. Painted near cupid)
    Translation
    So flies our life
  • '1520 .Mo.Go.' (Signature painted on the back)
Gallery label
Dish with Saint Lazarus Made in Gubbio, Italy, Workshop of Maestro Giorgio, Gubbio dated 1520 Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration 7166-1860 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
The date is difficult to read and might be '1530'
Subjects depicted
Saints
Lazarus (Saint)
Saint Catherine
Nero
Faustina
Cupid
Literary referenceLuke Gospel
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Ballardini, G. Corpus della maiolica Italiana. II. Figs.92, 270.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
668 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
7166-1860

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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