Dish
1535 (dated)
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Dish depicting St John the Baptist's head on a plate, painted by Francesco Urbini, Gubbio, dated 1535, tin-glazed earthenware
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish depicting St John the Baptist's head on a plate, painted by Francesco Urbini, Gubbio, dated 1535, tin-glazed earthenware |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ECCE AGNIUS DEI' (Latin. Painted to the left, in pennant of cross) |
| Gallery label | Dish depicting St John the Baptist's head on a plate
Possibly painted by Francesco Urbini, Gubbio, dated 1535
Inscription: 'ECCE AGNIUS DEI' (This is the lamb of God)
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre
8910-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Purchase: Soulages Collection. |
| Production | J Mallet, 04/99 Possibly Francesco Urbini, Gubbio. St John the Baptist head on a dish. Nice letters on scroll but bad painting. Mark in gold lustre under the foot 1535 N. 3 spur marks on the back. The attribution was confirmed in 2009. Mallet suggests to compare the dish with the famous Phallic-head plate, dated 1536, bearing Francesco's mark, purchased in 2003 by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (WA2003-136) |
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| Other number | 714 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 8910-1863 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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