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May 6, 2008
May 6, 2008
Bella Donna Charger
Bella Donna Charger
c. 1520–30
Tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)
Diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1923.1096
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Scholars believe that chargers such as these were given as marriage gifts or in memory of someone who had died.
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Ceremonial plates decorated with a bella donna (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many bella donna plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.
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