Forlì pavement
Tile
ca.1513-1523 (made)
ca.1513-1523 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Octagonal tin-glazed earthenware pavement tile, with a blue and white foliate border around a yellow-coloured central reserve showing a tablet inscribed, 'EGO.PÍGIT.PETRVS.INMAGINÁ.SVÁ.ET.ÍNMAGINE.CÁCELERIS.SVE.DIONISI.BERTINO.RIO. 1513'; above and below the tablet, busts in profile to right with the initials DO and PR (the latter a self-portrait of the painter). The reserve is painted in orange and opaque white on a yellow-stained enamel.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Forlì pavement (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | painted tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Octagonal pavement tile, yellow, tin-glazed earthenware, Forlì, Italy, ca.1513-1523. |
| Physical description | Octagonal tin-glazed earthenware pavement tile, with a blue and white foliate border around a yellow-coloured central reserve showing a tablet inscribed, 'EGO.PÍGIT.PETRVS.INMAGINÁ.SVÁ.ET.ÍNMAGINE.CÁCELERIS.SVE.DIONISI.BERTINO.RIO. 1513'; above and below the tablet, busts in profile to right with the initials DO and PR (the latter a self-portrait of the painter). The reserve is painted in orange and opaque white on a yellow-stained enamel. |
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| Object history | Decoration described by Rackham as "A tablet inscribed EGO.PÍGIT.PETRVS.INMAGINÁ.SVÁ.ET.ÍMAGINE.CÁCELERIS.SVE.DIONISI.BERTINO.RIO. 1513; above and below the tablet, busts in profile to right with the initials DO and PR (the latter a self-portrait of the painter). |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 279 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 30:99-1866 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2012 |
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