Dish
1539 (dated)
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Tin glazed earthenware Italian maiolica dish on high foot painted in vivid colour. An allegorical subject: A bearded man in a turban preceded by a boy carrying a dish heaped with gold coins is approaching a group of four women who stand beside a table in a landscape. Above, on a scroll are the words 'OMNIA P PECVNIAM FACTA SVNT'. On the back, yellow circles and, in black, the inscription and signature 'MDXXXVIIII. Cossi ua'l modo, e l'esperienza e fatta X' (This is the way of the world, thus the experiment is made).
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Dish, allegorical figures beneath 'OMNIA P PECVNIAM FACTA SVNT' painted on scroll, tin-glazed earthenware, workshop of Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, dated 1539 |
Physical description | Tin glazed earthenware Italian maiolica dish on high foot painted in vivid colour. An allegorical subject: A bearded man in a turban preceded by a boy carrying a dish heaped with gold coins is approaching a group of four women who stand beside a table in a landscape. Above, on a scroll are the words 'OMNIA P PECVNIAM FACTA SVNT'. On the back, yellow circles and, in black, the inscription and signature 'MDXXXVIIII. Cossi ua'l modo, e l'esperienza e fatta X' (This is the way of the world, thus the experiment is made). |
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Gallery label | Dish
Made in Xanto, Urbino, Italy dated 1539
OMNIA P PECVNIAM FACTA SVNT
Tin-glazed earthenware
4557-1856(16/07/2008) |
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Other number | 637 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 4557-1856 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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