15929965420001312637261000Standard Recordobject-47188170719835953917029084680001707198356780fitz-onlineadlib-object-47188https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47188f49f9386-a01a-3cd8-b876-aecf6f8c7c3e17referenceagent-181542adlib-agent-181542da006a67-b6de-3204-8166-b772b46fcd1cEste, Isabella d'referenceagent-181541adlib-agent-181541cd2d2c81-dd28-3634-b243-32957ae97b81Damiron, Charlespersonreferenceagent-152828adlib-agent-152828bf1eaa77-6bb1-32f5-84b3-31c915eaad0dPeleuspersonreferenceagent-152819adlib-agent-1528194ae7c947-95ea-3b89-9fdf-73e88151f96bThetisreferenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42865adlib-term-4286592be1d50-bb1c-3472-950f-b140ee6cdde9maiolicametallic oxide coloursreferenceterm-108364adlib-term-108364115b8729-a560-35c1-b654-4b9d2fc5f68bhigh-temperature coloursDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingDiametercm30.2Rimreferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyreferenceterm-23550adlib-term-23550bce302cf-3608-34aa-abf7-dcb9acdd4024heraldryApplied ArtsMaiolica dish, painted in polychrome with, in the well, the arms of Gonzaga impaling Este, and, on the rim, Peleus and Thetis.Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige and speckled. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, stone, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white. Shape 56 (Poole 1995). circular with broad, almost flat rim, and deep well; the underside of the rim moulded with three bands of reeding.In the well, within narrow blue and yellow concentric circles, two putti support a shield charged with the arms of Gonzaga impaling Este: argent, a cross patty gules cantoned by four eagles displayed sable (Gonzaga modern granted 1433), an escutcheon overall, quarterly, 1, 4, gules a lion rampant argent (Bohemia), 2, 3, barry of six or and sable (Gonzaga ancient) impaling Este, quarterly, 1, 4, azure three fleurs-de-lis or a bordure indented gules, 2, 3, azure an eagle displayed argent (gules shown orange throughout). Below on a scroll is the impresa `XXVII'. The sides are decorated in bianco sopra bianco with palmettes and scrolls, and a blue line encircles the shoulder. The rim is decorated with Peleus and Thetis. Peleus stands beneath a tree, gazing at Thetis, who sleeps nude on the ground in front of him. Further to the right she is transformed into a swan-like bird as he embraces her, and then into a dragon from which he turns away in horror. Higher up on the right, a goddess appears to Peleus who kneels before an altar. In the distance there is a mountainous landscape and sky. Suspended from the tree there is a shield of testa di cavallo form charged with the impresa of gold rods in a crucible surrounded by flames in a blue ground. The edge is yellow. On the back there is a narrow yellow band round the base and a wider band on the edge.No. 136referenceexhibition-1607adlib-exhibition-1607067f0641-1c25-3855-871f-ee848d69bdc9Splendours of the Gonzagano cataloguereferenceexhibition-1605adlib-exhibition-160504d3c358-0bef-3d8f-8df5-14f16987ac1bItalian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum211referenceexhibition-2376adlib-exhibition-23763e2208a0-ad25-3b64-b03f-cb63aa00fd02Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentEC.30-19381accession numberEC.30-193847188priref47188urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47188https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47188Rectangular with cut corners, printed in black `UNION/CENTRALE' and inscribed in faded black ink with `155/3657' between the two wordson the backprinted in black and inscribed in faded black ink'UNION/1555/3657/CENTRALE'labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Glaisher fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's193819381938-06-16boughtaccession date was given as the date of the sale, not of the Syndicate15241524CE1524circa1524152511525CE15251525painterreferenceagent-99016adlib-agent-99016d1d63237-ac23-350a-897d-50f3369e87e8Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe da UrbinoThe potter, Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe, known as Nicola da Urbino, was a workshop owner in Urbino from at least 1520 until his death at the end of 1537 or in January 1538. He was also a brilliant maiolica painter, whose work has been identified by comparison with five pieces of istoriato maiolica monogrammed or signed by him. Nicola painted in an exquisitely delicate manner, and was unusually imaginative in his adaptation of printed sources and in the creation of architectural and landscape backgrounds. His output of the 1520s, which includes several armorial services, is regarded as the acme of maiolica decoration.This exquisite dish formed part of a service which belonged to Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), widow of Francesco Gonzaga, fourth Marchese of Mantua (1466-1519). It was made between 1522 and 1525, and may have been the service given to Isabella probably in November 1524 by her daughter, Eleanora, Duchess of Urbino, who thought that she might like to use it in her villa at Porto near Mantua. Twenty-two dishes and one fragmentary dish are known, two decorated with biblical scenes and the rest with subjects from classical mythology or history. Each dish also bears the arms of Gonzaga impaling Este, and one or more of Isabella's imprese (a device or emblem) or her initials YS intertwined. On this dish the arms are surrounded by bianco sopra bianco decoration, and the rim is decorated with the story of Peleus and Thetis from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XI. Having found the sea goddess Thetis asleep on the shore, Peleus entreated her to make love, but she refused and escaped by transforming herself into different forms. After praying to the sea god Proteus for advice, Peleus successfully overcame the goddess's scruples and she conceived the ill-fated hero, Achilles. Nicola based the figures on a woodcut illustration in Giovanni dei Bonsignori's Ovidio methamorphoseos vulgare, Venice (Giovanni Rosso da Vercelli for Lucantonio Giunta), 1497 or a later edition. 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imagereferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishhistory noteA member of the Rothschild family, Paris; Charles Damiron, Lyon; Sotheby's, 16 June 1938, Catalogue of the very choice collection of old Italian maiolica and Hispano-Moresque ware the property of Monsieur Damiron, 8 vue Vaubecour, Lyons, p. 63, lot 63.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Mentioned and illustrated p. 256, fig. VIII256referencepublication-200000981adlib-publication-200000981d52556bc-fa74-31cc-b6dd-a883bfdb7474The Damiron Collection of Italian Maiolica IIPubl. Mentioned on p. 92, and illustrated pl. XXII. Other dishes from the services are listed.92referencepublication-200000982adlib-publication-2000009827a02b5b1-63e9-39d9-af7c-eb3225aa4293Ancora nuovi piatti del servizio d'Isabella d'Este-GonzagaPubl. Vol. II, p. 16, fig. 120, and see vol. I, p. 3016referencepublication-3029adlib-publication-302980945d1b-c823-332c-b5d2-29f0090b906eRépertoire de la majolique italiennePubl. See p. 20, fig. 21, and text pp. 18-21.20referencepublication-200000983adlib-publication-200000983c0d3d31c-37bc-36b0-a244-af4edd73002bEnquête sur le sujet des majoliquesPubl. Illustrated pl. 69, and see text p. 23. Also illustrated on pl. 69 in the first edition of 1952.23referencepublication-3030adlib-publication-3030b8528092-cf8f-373a-9fb3-548d79cede63Italian Maiolicareferencepublication-3031adlib-publication-30311e6af792-78aa-3c61-9b3d-4a31abe184a3The Concise Encyclopedia of Continental Pottery and PorcelainPubl. No. 5, and figs. 58,60. This thesis provides details of the other known pieces, except for a then undiscovered fragmentary dish.67-8referencepublication-3034adlib-publication-30346df14384-a05b-3962-8d7d-12035f415ebfA Maiolica Service for Isabella d'EstePubl. No. 136.177-8referencepublication-1570adlib-publication-1570587a2fe6-cae3-3832-a62b-2a2a1a3714e5Splendours of the GonzagaPubl. Illustrated no. 67.3. Cf. p. 160 under no. 116 where other dishes from the service are listed247referencepublication-200000984adlib-publication-20000098466e91566-e73d-3cc0-83a5-b0e3ce3bcb1cXanto and AriostoPubl. Illustrated, fig. 272referencepublication-200000979adlib-publication-20000097991511d08-b85d-306a-9662-81a0f76fa57bArt on the TablePubl. Illustrated in colour16referencepublication-200000985adlib-publication-200000985ffddfa11-9999-3fac-afa7-83e016eaf9d9Le maioliche italiane del Fitzwilliam in mostraPubl. Illustrated fig. 1.14referencepublication-200000986adlib-publication-200000986d741d506-4041-3c33-993e-041dbf2a711dCeramiche italiane a Cambridge/Italian Pottery in CambridgePubl. p. 46, partially illustrated in article advertising the Fitzwilliam's maiolica exhibition of 199546referencepublication-200002224adlib-publication-200002224ad924f7e-133c-3af2-8d5d-3c5d891d1d38Potted HistoryPubl. No. 376 for a full description of the dish, its design, coat of arms and imprese, and references to publications on the other dishes in the service.304-7referencepublication-3010adlib-publication-3010e3e61863-a797-3051-8d0a-20288306ca36Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. pp. 58-9, no. 2458-9referencepublication-3378adlib-publication-3378e4a41d6d-c98c-3959-bcb4-041c12eeb88cFitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Italian MaiolicaPubl.135referencepublication-382adlib-publication-382ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6Treasures of the Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 28 short text with colour illustration28referencepublication-200001843adlib-publication-2000018434fa33587-103a-3608-9de5-1afa6891542bEarth and Firereferencepublication-7751adlib-publication-7751cfa79c6e-ae29-31e3-85fa-3a838db1be3cTreasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentRef. For the myth of Peleus and Thetis, see Book XI, lines 217-65.134-9referencepublication-3032adlib-publication-3032424dff59-c2f4-34e7-b563-5ecaa3f39497Ovid in Six Volumes IV Metamorphoses with an English translation by Frank Justus Miller, II, Books IX-XVreferencepublication-3033adlib-publication-3033dc9c073e-004e-3afd-a79a-6958c5c6642bOvidio methamorphoseos vulgareRef. For Isabella d'Este's imprese, and citations of earlier literature.65-6referencepublication-200000987adlib-publication-2000009873fec68e9-fd46-3068-bf23-7a791ff224ceThe Gonzaga DevicesRef. For documentary evidence for the identification of Nicola da Urbino as Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe13-20referencepublication-200000988adlib-publication-200000988e96beca4-b04a-3029-acbb-38b39618029cNicolò Pellipario: ceramista fantasmaCf. pp. 24-26, lot 50, a plate with central arms musical notes below, Atalanta's race against Hippomenes, NEC SPE/NEC METV, lottery tickets on shield, and XXV/II on pedestal on extreme right, d. 27.5 cm. Estimate: £90,000-130,000/E 100,000-150,00024-26referencepublication-6806adlib-publication-6806d7c91d4c-4d81-3a56-a39d-2187de2eac4c500 Ans Arts Décoratifs EuropéensCf. p. 124, colour pl., an example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, a broad-rimmed bowl with Hippolytus and Phaedra with arms and devices of Isabella d’Este, XX/VII, NEC SPE NEC METU and musical notes. By Nicola da Urbino. D. 27.2 cm. (V. & A. inv. no. C.2229-1910).124referencepublication-7526adlib-publication-7526ceb92dd4-7854-3192-82d7-ddfa5f0f3dd4Italian Renaissance MaiolicaCf. pp. 82-7,inv. no. 470-D3, a shallow plate from the same service decorated with Jupiter and Semele and the imprese, NEC SPE NEC METU and XXVII. See p. 84 for a list of all the 23 plates by shape, size and title, and the one recorded ewer82-7referencepublication-8435adlib-publication-84356bb1d864-ca6a-3640-a048-6288582518f7Italian Maiolica in the Collection of the National Gallery of VictoriaPubl. in Sannipoli, Ettore A., 'Note sugli storiati "a due orizzonti", pp. 205-30, on p. 217, fig. 37, as an example of a design in which the deep well of the dish is occupied by a coat-of-arms.217referencepublication-8899adlib-publication-88997dafeb30-f997-369f-b2f1-e01a67ce47a9La maiolica italiana del Rinascimento, Studi e ricercheCf. pp. 180-3, no 78, part of a plate with the 'Fall of Phaeton'. On pp. 181-2, the author lists the other known pieces from the service, in which the Fitzwilliam's dish is no. 3 of the 23 known.180-3referencepublication-8571adlib-publication-85711c526257-c1d6-33b1-a279-b3248fce0bccThe Golden Age of Maiolica-Painting. Catalogue of a Private CollectionCf. pp. 74-6, no. 37, a plate with Hippomenes and Atalanta, surrounding the arms of Gonzaga impaling Este, and the mottoes and devices: NEC SPE NEC METU, XXVII, a bundle of lottery tickets, and a band of musical notation.74-6referencepublication-8915adlib-publication-891553de1acc-24ac-39fd-8418-d4ffc3f13e3bTin-glaze and Image Culture: the MAK Maiolica Collection in its Wider Contextreferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-125761adlib-term-125761bce2de03-432e-3676-bb62-4a5042d2c1d3diningobject namereferenceterm-110720adlib-term-110720a3c10876-e889-3e8d-a458-73e817c04520coat-of-armsobject namereferenceterm-103604adlib-term-103604257ec14c-a4ba-357a-9e8d-7f14d7201851impresanamed eventreferenceterm-110721adlib-term-110721f0f47e45-6e74-3a04-b1ef-baefeff1abd8Peleus and Thetisliteralcoat-of-armscoat-of-armsliteralimpresaimpresaliteralPeleus and ThetisPeleus and Thetisreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishearthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige and speckled. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, stone, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white high-temperature (metallic oxide) coloursover a hump mouldreferenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingreferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingreferenceterm-120075adlib-term-12007552ab8602-9259-3aac-b4df-b2392a4d206cturningDish from the Isabella d'Este Serviceobject
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