Art Funded
Maiolica dish
© National Museum Cardiff
Patanazzi Workshop, Urbino (1580 - 1620)
National Museum Cardiff
circa 1585
A large dish from a spectacular maiolica service made to commemorate the marriage of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara in 1579. The centre of the dish features a painting of a boar hunt after an engraving by Johannes Stradanus which itself was based on a painting by Marten de Vos. A maiolica service was less expensive than silver but still prestigious, and was intended more for display than regular use.
- Medium: tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: diameter: 37cm
- Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £40,000)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Rainer Zietz
Provenance
Made to commemorate the marriage of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Margherita Gonzaga in 1579; ... possible German collection...; Sotheby's, 1986; Bonham's, 2004.
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