Dish
ca. 1525 (made)
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Dish (Plate), painted in blue, copper green, deep orange, yellow, greenish grey, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion enclosed by a band of delicate anthemion ornament in bianco sopra bianco, is a bearded figure (Jupiter?) seated in mountainous landscape, visited by Mercury. On the rim, a repeating pattern of of winged terminal figures alternating with palmettes and open books flanked by paired monsters with cornucopias issuing from their mouths, all en grisaille in reserve on blue ground. On the back, four concentric bands and in the middle a spiral, in orange and yellow.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Dish, bearded figure (Jupiter?) seated in mountainous landscape, visited by Mercury, painted by Master "C.I.", Faenza, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Dish (Plate), painted in blue, copper green, deep orange, yellow, greenish grey, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion enclosed by a band of delicate anthemion ornament in bianco sopra bianco, is a bearded figure (Jupiter?) seated in mountainous landscape, visited by Mercury. On the rim, a repeating pattern of of winged terminal figures alternating with palmettes and open books flanked by paired monsters with cornucopias issuing from their mouths, all en grisaille in reserve on blue ground. On the back, four concentric bands and in the middle a spiral, in orange and yellow. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Production | Ravanelli.Guidotti, Faenza early 16th century. See Literature. |
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Other number | 260 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2088-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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