Probably Urbino district or Venetian 16th Century Urbino district 16th Century (ceramist) Probably Urbino district or Venetian 16th Century Venetian 16th Century (ceramist) Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape, c. 1510/1520 tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) overall (diameter): 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.313 |
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Conservation Notes
Earthenware, covered front and back with a brilliant-white tin glaze. The painting is in blue, yellow, orange, pale green, purple, and white; the green has bubbled slightly. On the front, near the edge, are three kiln-support marks. There is overpaint on the rim at nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and three o'clock. The glaze on the back is cracked.| « | back to gallery |
