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Giorgio da Gubbio
approximately 1470-1553.
Plate with Tree and Arms
Gubbio, Italy, 1519.
Majolica with green, blue, pink, orange and ochre glazes.
height: 1 1/8 inches (30 mm); 9 1/2 inches (242 mm) diameter
AZ030
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Alexandre Imbert, 1910.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated on reverse, "MG 1519".
Summary
Plate is decorated with a tree trunk charged with a casque, tridents, sword, and shield, surrounded with similar military trophies.
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A central green tree divides the roughly symmetrical composition of military trophies on this plate. Produced in the 16th century workshop of Giorgio da Gubbio, one of the masters of Italian Renaissance Maiolica ware. Trophies, military arms, armor, musical instruments, and other objects seized after battle were popular decorative motifs chosen by Maiolica painters.