Dish with embracing couple
CultureItalian
Possible OriginUrbino, Italy
Possible OriginCastel Durante, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Dateca.1540
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 5.8 x 25.5 cm (2 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Castel Durante dish on a low foot, decorated with a portrait of a man and a woman embracing. It is painted in green, grey ochre and white on a dark blue ground.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.411
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Giovanni Maria
ca.1505-1515
Object number: G83.1.323
Artist / Maker: Workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi
ca. 1550-1560
Object number: G83.1.329
ca.1525-1545
Object number: G83.1.325
Artist / Maker: In Castel Durante Painter
ca.1525
Object number: G83.1.324
Artist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
ca.1560
Object number: G83.1.401
Artist / Maker: Virgiliotto Calamelli
ca.1550
Object number: G83.1.355.1-2
Artist / Maker: Workshop of Piero Bergantini
1537
Object number: G83.1.351