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This is a photograph of a decorative ceramic jar. The ceramic jar is adorned with vibrant, intricate patterns. The central image is of a figure with a turban and beard, appearing to read or write on a scroll, against a bright yellow background encircled by blue and green foliage motifs. Below this portrait are ornate scrolling and a stylized, yellow mask-like face on a dark blue background. The top and bottom edges of the jar are banded with yellow and turquoise hues. The jar's shape is slightly tapered with a subtle flared top edge.
National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art
Albarello with white-bearded physician and trophies of arms
Faenza 16th Century
- Date
- c. 1550/1575
- Medium
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Dimensions
- overall (height by diameter): 28.4 × 14.5 cm (11 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
- Classification
- Decorative Art · Ceramic
- Accession number
- 2015.19.4026
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Renaissance
- Maiolica
- Trophy of arms
- Acquired after publication of Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics
- half figure
- figure
- occupation
- symbol
- tin-glazed
- Male
Provenance
Oskar Hainauer [1840-1894], Berlin; by inheritance to his widow, Julie Hainauer [1850-1926], Berlin; purchased 1906 with the entire Hainauer collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 17 October 1906 to William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York;[1] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series I.D, General business records, 1907-1964, reel 59, box 163, Hainauer collection sales ledger, July 1906-December 1909; copy in NGA curatorial files.
Inscription
on front on band: [?]iua: simpli
NGA object ID 195559. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.