Ceiling Tile with Fish

Unknown

late 1400s to mid-1500s · Earthenware with slip decoration and paint · Medieval Art

It was fashionable in Valencia to lay large tiles with bold designs across the rafters. The tiles were shaped in molds, covered with white slip, and then painted with manganese and iron oxides, yielding a black and a red color. The tiles were fired only once, hence their name socarrats, meaning scorched.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1400s to mid-1500s

Medium

Earthenware with slip decoration and paint

Culture

Spanish

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of W. L. Hildburgh, 1951