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Bella Donna Charger

c. 1520–30

Italy, Papal States, Deruta

Medium
tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)
Measurements
Diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1923.1096
Public Domain
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Location
118 Italian Renaissance
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Did You Know?

Scholars believe that chargers such as these were given as marriage gifts or in memory of someone who had died.

Description

Ceremonial plates decorated with a bella donna (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many bella donna plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.

Bella Donna Charger

c. 1520–30

Italy, Papal States, Deruta

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