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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Footed Dish

ca. 1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Urbino (made)

Dish on low foot depicting Cain and Abel.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Footed dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Dish on low foot depicting Cain and Abel, made in Urbino, Italy, about 1540, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish on low foot depicting Cain and Abel.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Chaimo quado occise il suo caro fratel Habel' (Painted on the back)
Translation
Cain when he slew his dear brother Abel
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish depicting Cain and Abel
Made in Urbino, Italy about 1540
Inscription: 'Chaimo quado occise il suo caro fratel Habel' [Cain when he slew his dear brother Abel]
Tin-glazed earthenware

1753-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection
Object history
Purchase, formerly Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
Cain
Abel
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Mallet, John. Il pittore del Baccle di Apollo. In: G.C. Bojani, ed. La maiolica italiana del Cinquecento: Il lustro eugubino e l'istoriato del ducato di Urbino. Florence, 2002. 97 p.
  • Cioci, F. Un gruppo .... In: G.C. Bojani, ed. La maiolica italiana del Cinquecento: Capolavori di maiolica della Collezione Strozzi Sacrati. Firenze : Centro Di, 2001. pp.83 -, nos.3-14.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
925 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1753-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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