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Italy, (Pesaro) (manufacturer)
Plate (c. 1490-1500)
earthenware (maiolica)
4.6 × 24.5 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1940
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Plate
(c. 1490-1500)
Medium
earthenware (maiolica)
Measurements
4.6 × 24.5 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1940
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
The highly decorated rim of this bowl illustrates the complexity and fantasy of Renaissance grotesque ornament. Such imagery was inspired by ancient Roman wall decorations from sites such as the Domus Aurea (Golden House) of Nero in Rome that were rediscovered at the end of the fifteenth century. The grotesque motifs on this bowl, including a winged semi-human figure, birds, cornucopias, flowers, mock Islamic inscriptions and profile images of reclining deer are similar in style to those of the printmaker Nicoletta da Modena.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(Pesaro), Italy
Accession Number
4675-D3
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
(Pringsheim 99)