Dish

Willem Jansz. Verstraeten

1650–60 · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Both the colors as well as the grotesque ornament of this piece show clear influence from Italian majolica, especially from the workshop of Orazio Fontana (1510–1571) in Urbino. This type of Dutch pottery has long been attributed to Willem Jansz Verstraeten in Haarlem but is now known to have been made in Delft as well.

Artist

Willem Jansz. Verstraeten

Date

1650–60

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Culture

Dutch, possibly Haarlem

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1930