Dish
1600-1700 (made)
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| Place of origin |
During the second half of the sixteenth century, the style of ceramic painting changed in Italy. Bright colourful decorations, covering the entire surface of the vessel made way for predominantly white grounds sparsely decorated with sketchily drawn figures, painted in a limited palette of colours. This style was first developed in Faenza but it was adopted by makers in other towns, especially Deruta.
Winged naked boys or putti were an extremely popular subject. They are often engaged playing with a toy or hunting, in this case with a falcon.
Winged naked boys or putti were an extremely popular subject. They are often engaged playing with a toy or hunting, in this case with a falcon.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish depicting putto with falcon, made in Deruta, 1600-1700, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Round, flat dish with up-tuned rim, on foot. Tin-glazed earthenware with sparse painted decoration of a winged putto with a falcon within a wreath, painted in colours. |
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| Gallery label | Dish depicting putto with falcon
Made in Deruta 1600-1650
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2-1981(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Dorothy Woodman |
| Production | J Mallet, 09.01.2001 White glaze with depiction of putto and falcon. Some marks cut in the glaze of the back after firing. In Registers: Presentoir, tin-glazed, painted in colours. Deruta, early 17th cent. Underneath is a cross apparently incised through the glaze after firing (the glaze is very chipped around the mark) and near the foot an uneven line, perhaps created in the same way. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | During the second half of the sixteenth century, the style of ceramic painting changed in Italy. Bright colourful decorations, covering the entire surface of the vessel made way for predominantly white grounds sparsely decorated with sketchily drawn figures, painted in a limited palette of colours. This style was first developed in Faenza but it was adopted by makers in other towns, especially Deruta. Winged naked boys or putti were an extremely popular subject. They are often engaged playing with a toy or hunting, in this case with a falcon. |
| Bibliographic reference | Fiocco, Carola and Gabriella Gherardi. Ceramiche Umbre: dal Medioevo allo Storicismo, Faenza, 1988, vol.I, pp. 335-337, cat. 288-292, for similarly decorated dishes attributed to Deruta and the 17h century. |
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| Accession number | C.2-1981 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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