Dish with embracing Lovers
Manufacturer
Castel Durante
CultureItalian
OriginUrbino, The Marches, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Datec.1540
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
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 viewArtist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
c.1560
Object number: G83.1.401
Artist / Maker: Giovanni Maria
c.1505-1525
Object number: G83.1.323
c.1545-1560
Object number: G83.1.329
Artist / Maker: In Castel Durante Painter
c.1525
Object number: G83.1.324