Plate
ca. 1530 (made)
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Plate (Dish) with high foot, painted in dark blue, opaque white, yellow, deep orange, copper green. In the middle, in a medallion, the Adoration of the Shepherds, to the right, the Virgin seated under a tree with the child on her knees, to the left, three shepherds one of whom kneels in adoration, in the distance, mountains. On the rim, in reserve heightened with white on a dark blue ground, a symmetrical repeating design of winged monsters holding ewers confronted on either side of a winged mask. On the back, four sketchy flower motives alternating with crossed lozenges, a similar lozenge in the middle.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Plate (Dish) depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Plate (Dish) with high foot, painted in dark blue, opaque white, yellow, deep orange, copper green. In the middle, in a medallion, the Adoration of the Shepherds, to the right, the Virgin seated under a tree with the child on her knees, to the left, three shepherds one of whom kneels in adoration, in the distance, mountains. On the rim, in reserve heightened with white on a dark blue ground, a symmetrical repeating design of winged monsters holding ewers confronted on either side of a winged mask. On the back, four sketchy flower motives alternating with crossed lozenges, a similar lozenge in the middle. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Object history | Castellani Collection. |
Production | The figure painting is close in style to that of Master "C.I." |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 281 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2097-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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