Pharmacy jar (albarello)

Unknown

ca. 1530–60 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Very similar female profiles are painted on the fronts of these jars (see also 41.100.269), while the backs are decorated with simpler vegetal motifs.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1530–60

Medium

Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Culture

Italian, probably Naples district or Vietri sul Mare

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941