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Plate

ca. 1688-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Workshop of Giuseppe Rampini (made)
Unknown
Place of origin
Pavia (made)

Plate without foot rim depicting a landscape which covers the whole surface. On the back, in purple, five rough palmettes and the mark.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, depicting ruins and a landscape with two men, Italy (Pavia), probably made in the workshop of Giuseppe Rampini, ca. 1688-1710
Physical description
Plate without foot rim depicting a landscape which covers the whole surface. On the back, in purple, five rough palmettes and the mark.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Plate depicting ruins
Made in Venice, ItalyBassano about 1710-20
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.270-1923 Rosenheim Collection
Credit line
Purchased through the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray
Object history
Rosenheim Collection. Roseheim Sale Cat., Sotheby's 3 May 1923, Lot.275.
Production
Baroni and Barioli (see Bibl. refs) attribute it to the Argano Factory, outside Bassano. Drake (see Bibl. ref.) concludes that a workshop in Venice or somewhere in the Venetian territory remains the probable source.
Subject depicted
Ruins
Bibliographic references
  • Baroni, C., La disputa dei latesini nella storia della ceramica italiana. Dedalo. 1993, XIII. 147 p.
  • Bavioli, G. Ceramiche antiche di Bassano, Delle Nore e di Vicenza. Venice, 1954. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Museo Civico di Bassano.
  • Drake, W. R. Notes on Venetian Ceramics. London, 1868.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
  • Thornton, D. and Wilson, T., Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A Catalogue of the British Museum, London 2009, vol II, pp. 351-352, cat. 351-352. Two plates in the British Museum, of similar style and subject, one of which is marked for the workshop of Giuseppe Rampini.
  • LA MAIOLICA DI PAVIA TRA SEICENTO E SETTECENTO - CATALOGO DELLA RACCOLTA DEL CASTELLO SFORZESCO PELIZZONI, Elena and FORNI, Marica, catalogue by NEPOTI, Sergio Published by Milano, Amici del Museo e della Scuola d'Arte Applicata del Castello Sforzesco di Milano, 1997
Other number
1200 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.270-1923

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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