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Workshop of Giorgio da Gubbio
approximately 1470-1553,
Dish with Putti Dancing and a Winged Putto Playing a Double Flute
Gubbio, Italy, 1525.
Majolica
11 inches (280 mm) diameter; height: 2 1/8 inches (53 mm)
AZ018
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1907.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials, "M.G." and dated "1525" on back of plate.
Summary
Group of putti playing and dancing on field. The putto in the center plays a double flute.
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The design of this plate is loosely based, in reverse, on Dance of the Cupids, Marcantonio Raimondi's print, traditionally considered to be after a lost drawing by Raphael made around 1515. On the reverse, the plate bears the date 1525 and the initials M.G., identifying the workshop as that of Master Giorgio D'Augubio. The plate demonstrates the frequent use of prints as a decorative source by ceramicists in Renaissance Italy.