Jug with Figure in Profile

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1420–50 · Tin-glazed earthenware · Medieval Art

By the 1500s Italian maiolica makers would famously use the surface of their wares to depict complex narrative scenes, but this jug, with its confident half-length depiction of a man, represents an early foray into figure drawing by a Florentine potter.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1420–50

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912