Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Dish with Lamb of God - Walters 481490
The Gubbio workshops were known for their excellence in the luster technique, and the ruby-colored luster on this plate, and other brightly colored luster glazes, were their specialties. Plates from nearby cent... More
Italian - Dish with a Roman Emperor in Profile - Walters 481321
This dish is painted in gold lustre and in blue with a scale-pattern around the rim. In the center is the left profile bust of an unidentified Roman Emperor wearing a laurel wreath and facing a scroll inscribed... More
Workshop of Giacomo Mancini - DIsh with Constantine the Great - Walter...
Constantine was the first Christian Emperor of Rome; his dramatic conversion and military victories made him the ideal Christian soldier. He is shown in prayer, surrounded by an inscription that translates, "I ... More
Italian - Dish with Diana and Nymphs Bathing - Walters 481340
In an episode from Ovid's "The Metamorphoses," the hunter Actaeon, lost in the woods, stumbles upon a clearing where he sees the chaste goddess of the hunt Diana bathing with her nymphs. Mortals were not permit... More
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Bowl with the Arms of Cardinal Ciocchi ...
Because of the renown of his lusterware, Maestro Giorgio received many prominent commissions. The heraldry and cardinal's hat on this bowl reveal that it was made for Cardinal Ciocchi del Monte San Savino, who ... More
Italy, Urbino, 16th century - Footed Dish depicting Abraham and Isaac ...
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Deruta Plate with a woman's portrait
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Deruta Jar in the shape of a pinecone
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Maestro Giorgio Andreoli - Plate with the Arms of the Vitelleschi Fami...
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Giorgio Andreoli - Clevelandart 1945.2
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Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Plate with the School of Xenocrates - W...
Following the practice of many maiolica painters, and no doubt the demands of his patrons, Avelli sent this plate to Gubbio to receive the distinctive ruby-red-colored luster available only in Maestro Giorgio's... More
Giorgio Andreoli - Clevelandart 1950.156
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Maestro Giorgio Andreoli - Plate- The Arms of the Rizzardi of Vencice ...
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Italian - Plaque with Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata - Walters 4...
This damaged plaque depicts St. Francis receiving the stigmata. It is painted in gold and ruby lustre, and in blue, copper-green, yellow, ochre, black and opaque white. The main surface is scraped down leaving ... More
Italian - Plate with Overhanging Edge - Walters 481364 - Obverse
This plate with an overhanging edge is painted in blue, pale copper-green, yellow, ochre, manganese, grey, brown, blue-black and opaque white, and in gold and ruby lustre. At the left, a group of buildings is i... More
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli - Plate - 1950.156 - Cleveland Museum of Art
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Italian - Ewer Basin with the Lamb of God - Walters 481320
Basins with central rounded bosses to secure ewers and low sides to hold the water poured into them were popular table and toiletry items during the early 16th century. The serpentine motif around the rim and t... More
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli - Plate- The Prodigal Son - 1950.82 - Clevela...
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Italian - Plate with Apollo and Daphne - Walters 481486
The lusterer--who may not have been the painter--used strokes of metallic oxides to add complexity to the scene on this plate. Details such as the rocks, sun, and parts of the landscape are painted only in lust... More
Italian - Plate with Saint Jerome Doing Penance - Walters 481343
The glazed earthenware pottery made in Deruta was often painted with the gold luster that Italian artisans and patrons admired on pottery imported from Spain that was made by Muslim craftsmen.
Italian - Small Ewer Basin with Decorative Motifs - Walters 481334
This ewer-basin, probably made in Deruta, is painted in gold lustre and in blue. The marli is decorated with a peacock feather meander, the hollow with arabesques and rosettes. In the center, a group of trophie... More
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Dish with Saint John the Baptist in the...
The relief patterning on this dish was made by pressing clay into a mold to imitate the appearance of embossed metal.
Italy, 16th century - Bowl- Bust of Paul - 1942.628 - Cleveland Museum...
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Italy, Deruta, early 16th century - Plate - 1923.1096 - Cleveland Muse...
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Maestro Giorgio Andreoli - Plate Depicting Three Graces - 1945.2 - Cle...
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Italian - Votive Plaque with the Virgin and Child and Saints Dominic a...
This piece may have been commissioned as a votive offering, meaning that it was intended as a gift of thanks to the Virgin Mary and the two represented Dominican saints. If so, it would have been installed in a... More
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Bowl with Coat of Arms - Walters 481485
During the 16th century, many families commissioned elaborate maiolica services emblazoned with their heraldry. Such services often took the place of more costly metalwares. The initials around the coat of arms... More
Shallow bowl with the death of Laocoon, attributed to Francesco Xanto ...
Maiolica exhibited in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain.
Teller Peleus und Thetis KGM K1884
Teller mit der Sage von Peleus und der Meergöttin Thetis, die sich in Tiere verwandelt; nach einem Holzschnitt von Benedetto Montagna; Entstehungsort unbekannt (Lüster: Gubbio 1534) Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, ... More
Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, possibly with assistants...
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Italian - Ewer Basin with Female Bust - Walters 481322
The composition of this basin, with a female profile on the central boss and a six-part band of vegetal and geometric ornamentation, is typical of earthenware produced in Deruta during the early 16th century. T... More
Italian - Small Dish with Saint Jerome - Walters 481504
This small dish is painted in gold and ruby lustre and in blue and copper-green. It is moulded in relief. The hollow is decorated with serrated leaves set obliquely, a bud surmounted by a horizontal leaf is bet... More
Clevelandart 1923.1096, Italy
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Giulio da Urbino - Plate with the Abduction of Europa - Walters 481498
The painters of "istoriato" maiolica did not always get their literary sources right. This painting shows the story of the maiden Europa, who was abducted by the amorous king of the gods Jupiter in the form of ... More
Italian - Dish with Coat of Arms of Bishop Baglioni - Walters 481336
The arms painted in gold-colored luster and cobalt blue and held by the griffin in the center are those of Ercole Baglioni, the bishop of Orvieto. This dish is presumably from a maiolica service commissioned fo... More
Italian - Dish with Foliage Design - Walters 481367
Anonymous (Italian). 'Dish with Foliage Design,' ca. 1525-1530. earthenware with tin glaze (maiolica) and luster decoration. Walters Art Museum (48.1367): Acquired by Henry Walters.
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Bowl with Crowned Pierced Heart - Walte...
To fill the great demand for lusterware, Maestro Giorgio produced stock pieces, and this bowl is probably such an example. It is typical of his early production in its use of stylized plant forms and symbolic i... More
Clevelandart 1945.125 - A decorative plate with a painting of a man on...
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Giorgio Andreoli - Clevelandart 1950.155
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Attributed to Nicola da Urbino or a close associate; probably lustered...
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Italian - Lustered dish with a female figure - Walters 481741
The artist has created an idealized image of a beautiful young woman with jewelry and long flowing hair. She is surrounded by a scroll that translates: "As long as I live, I will love you, and after your death ... More
Italian - Small Dish with Geometric Ornament - Walters 481363
This dish is painted in gold and ruby lustre and some blue. It has a narrow marli with a raised edge decorated with a zigzag line. In the center, surrounded by painted oblique gadroons is a band of concentric c... More
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Dish with the Lamb of God - Walters 481...
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli (Italian). 'Dish with the Lamb of God,' ca. 1530-1540. earthenware with tin glaze (maiolica) and luster decoration. Walters Art Museum (48.1356): Acquired by Henry Walters.
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli - Plate with Cupid Climbing a Tree - Walt...
Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli (Italian). 'Plate with Cupid Climbing a Tree,' ca. 1525-1530. earthenware with tin glaze (maiolica) and luster decoration. Walters Art Museum (48.1357): Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922.
Giorgio Andreoli - Clevelandart 1943.56 coat of arms
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Coppa Plate, 1526 (CH 18446101)
Maiolica dish with image of a man with a hat playing a violin in a landscape with a yellow sky. Iridescent overglaze luster.
Deruta Dish with a Turkish horseman
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