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Title
Dish (Tondino) with portrait of a young woman and grotesque decoration
Artist
Nicola da Urbino
Physical Description
The profile bust of a young woman is depicted in the well of this dish. The rim features a variety of grotesque ornament, including two winged, serpent-like creatures with human heads, whose tails interlace at the top of the plate. Cornucopias full of fruit appear beneath these creatures, followed by weapons and shields, one of which bears the date 1526. At the bottom appears the head of a cherub supporting a vase of fruit.
Artist Life Dates
c. 1480-1537/1538
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1526
Accession Number
1965/2.79
Medium and Support
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
relevance
rank 12.33647
Primary Keywords
grotesques
lovers
maiolica
plates (dishes)
portraits
Title
Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
Artist
Artist Unknown, Italy or France
Physical Description
A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1557-1600
Accession Number
1978/2.38
Medium and Support
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
relevance
rank 12.07664
Primary Keywords
battles
dragons
maiolica
mythology (literary genre)
oxen
sheep
Title
Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Italy
Physical Description
This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1500-1525
Accession Number
1969/2.38
Medium and Support
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
relevance
rank 11.95078
Primary Keywords
deruta (inhabited place)
dishes
floral patterns
maiolica
scrolling foliage
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