Dish with grotesques and the arms of Archbishop Tomasso Contarini or Bishop Girolamo Contarini
ManufacturerAttributed to the
Patanazzi Workshop
(Italian, 1580 - 1620)
CultureItalian
OriginUrbino, The Marches, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Dateca.1597-1610
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
DescriptionAn Urbino plate with a central well and sloping rim. It is decorated with a coat-of-arms within borders of putti and grotesques. The arms are of Contarini of Venice, Tomasso Contarini, Archbishop of Crete, and Girolamo (Hiernoymus) Conatrini, bishop.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.405
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
ca.1531-1544
Object number: G83.1.388
Artist / Maker: Virgiliotto Calamelli
ca.1550
Object number: G83.1.355.1-2
Artist / Maker: Patanazzi Workshop
ca. 1585-1600
Object number: G83.1.404
Artist / Maker: Workshop of Piero Bergantini
c.1521
Object number: G26.3.432.1-2
1663
Object number: G83.1.513
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ca.1757
Object number: G05.18.6a-b
