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In the early sixteenth century, the Italian artist Niculoso Pisano introduced in Seville the flat, pictorial style that enabled tile makers employing enamel colors to produce more painterly images, such as the decoration on this wall tile. Strapwork cartouches in the Flemish manner surround the head, which probably represents a Roman emperor.
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Title: Wall tile
Date: 17th century
Culture: probably Spanish, Seville
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 × 5 3/16 in. (14 × 13.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
Accession Number: 94.4.413a
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