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Dish

1606 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Workshop of the Patanazzi Family (made)
Patanazzi, Alfonso (made)
Place of origin
Urbino (made)

Large dish depicting Romulus receiving the Sabine women. Romulus stands on a platform to the left, with a soldier seated on its steps and grasps the hand of one of four old men who approach bearing olive-branches at the head of a group of women with bundles under their arms. At the base of the composition athe mark: ALF.P.F. VRBINI 1606. Some patches of crawling glaze on front and back. Broken and restored.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Tin Glazing
Brief description
Dish, 'ALF.P.F. VRBINI 1606' painted at base of composition, made in Urbino, Italy, dated 1606, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Large dish depicting Romulus receiving the Sabine women. Romulus stands on a platform to the left, with a soldier seated on its steps and grasps the hand of one of four old men who approach bearing olive-branches at the head of a group of women with bundles under their arms. At the base of the composition athe mark: ALF.P.F. VRBINI 1606. Some patches of crawling glaze on front and back. Broken and restored.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 50cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ALF.P.F. VRBINI 1606' (Signature painted at the base of the composition)
    Transliteration
    Alfonso Patenazzi made me, in Urbino in 1606
  • 'ALFONSO PATANAZZI FECIT VRBINI. 1606' (Signature painted on the back)
    Transliteration
    Alfonso Patenazzi made me, in Urbino in 1606
  • 'Quo[mo]do romole fece robar le done ali [S]abini.' (Painted on the back.)
    Translation
    How Romulus robbed the Sabines of their wives.
Gallery label
Dish Made in Urbino, Italy dated 1606 ALF.P.F. VRBINI 1606 Tin-glazed earthenware 2612-1856 Delange Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchased, Delange, Paris.
Production
An armorial dish of the same serie, very like in handling, ill. as Nevers by Robert Boulay. Cahiers 12, 1958, pl. 154, fig.7
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
896 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
2612-1856

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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