Albarello (drug jar) with Roman portrait
CultureItalian
OriginSouthern Italy, perhaps Sicily
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Date1550-1600
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 35.3 x 24.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionAn albarello decorated with a central portrait in profile, drawn in blue, with Roman style dress. There is an acanthus leaf head circlet and a robe in green within a green laurel wreath, and yellow flowers and fruit. The portrait is against a yellow ground. The back of the jar decorated in a loosely drawn scrolling design in blue.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.373
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Virgiliotto Calamelli
c.1550
Object number: G83.1.355.1-2
