Moulded bowl with Cupid

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Maker

Possibly workshop of
Possibly workshop of
Enea Utili
1542-1586 (active)

Title

Moulded bowl with Cupid

Date of Production

1560-1575

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 20.8 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.123

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Notes

Similar crespine were made in the workshop of Virgiliotto Calamelli. However, this bowl, although lacking a workshop mark, is particularly near to wares made in the workshop of Enea Utili, a Protestant potter from Faenza whose works usually bear his initials. Only a few facts are known about Enea Utili: his activity as a potter is documented from 1542 to 1586, and in 1567 he, together with his son and collaborator Baldassarre, was denounced for Lutheranism.

Inscriptions

Label: 123

Provenance

Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry between 1863 and 1875

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