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

Plate

ca. 1560 - ca. 1570 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed overall. Painted with the subject of Jacob blessing his sons in a composition of ten figures with an architectural background. The reverse has concentric yellow circles and the inscription 'JACOBBE'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate depicting Jacob blessing his sons, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Urbino, possibly Fontana workshop, about 1575
Physical description
Tin-glazed overall. Painted with the subject of Jacob blessing his sons in a composition of ten figures with an architectural background. The reverse has concentric yellow circles and the inscription 'JACOBBE'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
Object history
Provenance: Bought from the Soulages Collection for 6l
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 33
Collection
Accession number
8912-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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