Dish
1543 (made)
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In the middle, enclosed by three medallions surrounding a fourth in the centre, busts of famous women of antiquity with their names inscribed: 'SEMIRAMIS', 'FVLVIA' and 'ZENOBIA', (all wearing helmetS) and 'PORTIA'. Painted in blue & white.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in dark blue on a light blue ground |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware, berettino blue glaze decorated with medallion portraits of four famous women from antiquity, probably painted in the workshop of Maestro Jacomo of Pesaro working in Venice. Dated 1543 |
| Physical description | In the middle, enclosed by three medallions surrounding a fourth in the centre, busts of famous women of antiquity with their names inscribed: 'SEMIRAMIS', 'FVLVIA' and 'ZENOBIA', (all wearing helmetS) and 'PORTIA'. Painted in blue & white. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Adi 13 Aprille 1543 AOLASDINR
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| Gallery label | Dish with portraits of four famous women, workshop of Maestro Jacomo, Venice, dated 1543 |
| Object history | Formerly in the Castellani and Oppenheimer collections |
| Production | Made in the workshop of Jacomo |
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| Other number | 967 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8512-1863 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2008 |
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