Plate
ca. 1530 (made)
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Plate, the Sacrifice of Cain, Shape 6. Painted in blue, green, brown, orange, yellow and black.
In a landscape, on the left on a hill top Abel is represented a first time with God appearing in a cloud, in the middle by two altars Cain has already given a blow to Abel and it is about to strike again, on the floor on the right, bleeding from his chest and leg, Abel. Broken in several pieces, and put together again.
In a landscape, on the left on a hill top Abel is represented a first time with God appearing in a cloud, in the middle by two altars Cain has already given a blow to Abel and it is about to strike again, on the floor on the right, bleeding from his chest and leg, Abel. Broken in several pieces, and put together again.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Plate with the Sacrifice of Cain, Urbino, ca 1530 |
Physical description | Plate, the Sacrifice of Cain, Shape 6. Painted in blue, green, brown, orange, yellow and black. In a landscape, on the left on a hill top Abel is represented a first time with God appearing in a cloud, in the middle by two altars Cain has already given a blow to Abel and it is about to strike again, on the floor on the right, bleeding from his chest and leg, Abel. Broken in several pieces, and put together again. |
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Object history | Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection; transferred to Circulation in 1909 |
Production | Circle of the Apollo Basin Painter |
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. 30 |
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Accession number | 1703-1855 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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