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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1526 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish on low foot. Tin glazed earthenware. In the foreground, Isaac, depicted as a child, runs to escape from Abraham who pursues him with a sword. In the background, in a later scene, the angel amongst clouds is restraining the sword of Abraham. On the back, in lustre, four leafy scrolls and the signature '1526 M° G° da ugubio'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish on low foot depicting The Sacrifice of Isaac, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre, made in Italy, dated 1526
Physical description
Dish on low foot. Tin glazed earthenware. In the foreground, Isaac, depicted as a child, runs to escape from Abraham who pursues him with a sword. In the background, in a later scene, the angel amongst clouds is restraining the sword of Abraham. On the back, in lustre, four leafy scrolls and the signature '1526 M° G° da ugubio'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1526 Mo. Go. da ugubio' (in ruby lustre, Italian. Signature painted on the back)
Gallery label
Dish depicting The Sacrifice of Isaac dated 1526 Mark: Mo. Go. da ugubio Tin-glazed earthenware 8399-1863 Soulages Collection In the foreground, Isaac, depicted as a child, running to escape from Abraham, who pursues with a sword. In the background, in a later scene, the angel amongst clouds in restraining the sword of Abraham.(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
J Mallet, 16-4-99

Possibly by the same painter as 1789-1855 (720). Leaf scrolls with two lustre and ring around foot, where foot meets the body. Blue, blackish, blue green and brown yellow orange and white highlights. Gold and red lustre. Badly broken and restored. The man derives from a print.
Subjects depicted
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
721 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8399-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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