Footed bowl with the Crucifixion
Bowl on high foot with the Crucifixion
Footed dish or tazza depicting angels carrying emblems of the Passion (reverse)
Maker
Workshop of
Orazio Fontana (ceramicist)
ca. 1510-1571 (Life dates)
Workshop of
Antonio Patanazzi (ceramicist)
Orazio Fontana (ceramicist)
ca. 1510-1571 (Life dates)
Workshop of
Antonio Patanazzi (ceramicist)
Title
Footed bowl with the Crucifixion
Bowl on high foot with the Crucifixion
Footed dish or tazza depicting angels carrying emblems of the Passion (reverse)
Bowl on high foot with the Crucifixion
Footed dish or tazza depicting angels carrying emblems of the Passion (reverse)
Date of Production
1560-70
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.2 cm
Height: 7.8 cm
Height: 7.8 cm
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.90
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
This dish is a painting in miniature, with an exceptional variety of colour, expressive figures, beautifully rendered textures and a dramatic crowd scene. On the back, angels hover in and out of clouds, carrying symbols of Christ’s Passion (Death and Resurrection).
This dish of the crucifixion of Christ between two thieves has on the reverse images of angels carrying the instruments of the Passion. It may have been used as a paten or flat dish on which the bread of the Eucharist (or Last Supper) is placed during the mass.
This dish of the crucifixion of Christ between two thieves has on the reverse images of angels carrying the instruments of the Passion. It may have been used as a paten or flat dish on which the bread of the Eucharist (or Last Supper) is placed during the mass.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Label: 180
Label: 90
Label: 90
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