Dish with the Christ Child in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2008

Dish with the Christ Child
Tin-glazed and luster-painted earthenware
Spanish (Catalonia), early 17th century

Accession # 56.171.145

The representation of the youthful Christ as Redeemer, with the instruments of the Passion depicted on his robe, was widely circulated in the Spanish domains, primarily through prints, and reproduced in many mediums.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.