Plate with Jacob Is Shown Joseph’s Coat

Gironimo Tomasi|Bernard Salomon

ca. 1560–75 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The scene is based on a woodcut in an illustrated Bible published in Lyons in 1553 and republished in Italian in 1554. Similar work was done in Urbino, Pesaro, and Lyons itself. The more meager quality of the tin glaze suggests Venice as the probably place of manufacture of this example.

Artist

Gironimo Tomasi|Bernard Salomon

Date

ca. 1560–75

Medium

Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Culture

Italian, probably Urbino

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1974