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Pottery: 'Master of the frowning profiles' (Possibly)
Maiolica vase, painted in blue, yellow, green and orange, with a bust of a young woman, inscribed 'BEATRI'.
Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted mainly in dark blue, with a little green, yellow, and brownish-orange. Globular body with short cylindrical neck widening towards the rim, and a circular spreading foot rising into a short stem with a slight angle in the middle.
On the front, within a wreath of leaves and berries, is a bust of a dour young woman in profile to left facing a scroll inscribed `BEATRI' (Beatrice). The rest of the body is decorated with stylised scrolling foliage and dots. On the neck, there are semi-circles enclosing spots between horizontal bands; on the stem, two horizontal bands, and on the foot, a wavy line with spots at intervals, and concentric bands of different widths.
History note: Alessandro Imbert; Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, from whom purchased in 1919 by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Height: 21.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Formerly attributed possibly to Naples. For an alternative possible attribution to Vietri see Documentation, Tortolani, 2006 and 2013.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( mainly in dark blue, with a little green, yellow, and brownish-orange)
Rim
Diameter 10.2 cm
Foot
Diameter 12 cm
Wdiest Part
Diameter 17.4 cm
Throwing
: Pinkish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted mainly in dark blue, with a little green, yellow, and brownish-orange.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.97-1927
Primary reference Number: 76474
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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