Lustered dish with a female figure

ca. 1510-1520 (Renaissance)

44 cm 8.7 cm

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The decoration of this large dish is a striking example of a popular subject for maiolica, a Bella Donna or beautiful woman. It could have been intended as a stylized portrait of a real woman or as an evocation of a poet's beloved, such as Laura who was praised, admired, and...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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