Armorial Plate: Silenus on an ass, supported by Bacchic revelers, ca. 1520–25, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diameter: 10 13/16 in. (27.5cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Nicola da Urbino (Italian, active by 1520–died ?1537/38 Urbino) or Castel Durante, In Renaissance Italy, fine maiolica was often associated with the relaxed yet elegant atmosphere of the country estate, where hospitality was generally overseen by women. This plate belongs to a service commissioned by Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, as a gift for her mother, Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua
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Armorial Plate, Silenus, ass, supported, Bacchic revelers, ca, 1520–25, Maiolica, tin-glazed earthenware, Diameter, 10 13/16, 27.5cm, Ceramics-Pottery, Nicola da Urbino, Italian, active by, 1520–died ?1537/38, or Castel Durante, Renaissance, Italy, fine maiolica, associated, relaxed yet, elegant, atmosphere, country estate, hospitality, generally overseen, women, plate belongs, service commissioned, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess, Urbino, gift, mother, Isabella d’Este, Marchioness, Mantua
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