Two-handled storage jug (albarello) with crowned eagles
In the fifteenth century, Italian maiolica design was influenced by vases imported from Spain, which is apparent in this vase's winglike handles. Dramatic and impractical, they echo the spread wings of the crowned eagles painted on either side of the vessel, a motif also borrowed from Hispano-Moresque pottery. The style of ornament mimics patterns typically found on earthenware produced in Valencia.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two-handled storage jug (albarello) with crowned eagles
- Date: ca. 1460–80
- Culture: Italian, Deruta
- Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.1 × 29.8 × 17.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965
- Object Number: 65.6.2
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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probably ca. 1486–88
Probably workshop of Giacomo Mancini, "El Frate" (Italian, active ca. 1540–60)
dated 1573
Perhaps by a Deruta-trained Unknown Artist working in Tuscany
ca. 1500–1510
After a print by Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
ca. 1530
first half 16th century
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