Shallow bowl with Ruggiero
Unknown
ca. 1525 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
These two footed bowls (see also 65.6.8), or coppe, are part of one of the most striking series of maiolica produced in the 1520s. They were made for an unidentified patron and are painted with busts of illustrious heroes and heroines, ancient and modern. The helmets, in their classicizing style, are comparable to those on ancient coin portraits and on contemporary medals.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1525
- Medium
- Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Culture
- Italian, possibly Urbino
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965
