Dish with a Triton in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 2012

Dish with a Triton

Possibly workshop of the Patanazzi family, Italian (active Urbino)

Geography: Made in Urbino, Italy, Europe

Date: c. 1579 or later

Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches (5.7 x 32.1 cm)

Curatorial Department: European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Object Location: Gallery 250, European Art 1500-1850, second floor

Accession Number: 1999-99-1

Credit Line: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection, 1999

Label:
The difference of painting styles between the central image and the surrounding border point to the execution by two artists. Numerous pieces of maiolica depict triumphant sea creatures, subjects generally popular in Renaissance art. The Patanazzi—a dynasty active for several generations—continued the style of the Fontana family, to whom they were related, into the seventeenth century.

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