Dish
ca. 1535 (made)
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Dish, painted in blue, orange, yellow, copper green, brownish grey, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a youth in dress of the period, seated playing a violin on a rock in landscape. The remaining upper surface covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of grotesque masks surmounted by vases, dolphin scrolls, cornucopias flanked by birds, and palmettes, en grisaille in reserve on a blue ground. On the back of the rim, four concentric bands in orange and yellow.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Dish depicting a youth in dress of period playing a violin, seated on a rock, painted by Master "C.I.", Faenza, about 1535, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Dish, painted in blue, orange, yellow, copper green, brownish grey, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a youth in dress of the period, seated playing a violin on a rock in landscape. The remaining upper surface covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of grotesque masks surmounted by vases, dolphin scrolls, cornucopias flanked by birds, and palmettes, en grisaille in reserve on a blue ground. On the back of the rim, four concentric bands in orange and yellow. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
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Other number | 261 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2091-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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