https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17232/fullDish from a service commemorating the marriage of Alfonso II d'Este and Margarita Gonzagaca. 1585-1600Patanazzi WorkshopOverall: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Urbino, The Marches, ItalyG83.1.4041An oval Urbino dish from the service made for Alfonso II d'Este, duke of Ferrara and his wife Margarita Gonzaga, in the Patanazzi workshop. It is decorated with a panel showing Daphne about to be changed into a laurel tree. It is painted in ochre, blue, black and green, within a wide border of grotesques.Italian Maiolica14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsItalian Earthenware - Maiolica183103597ItalianItalian RenaissanceInscription, recto; 'Ardet Aeternum' IIt burns forever)