Dish with angel
Small religious pictures were considered an essential component of the Renaissance domestic interior, as they provided opportunities for private worship. This display dish converts a large public image—the angel is borrowed from a famous fresco painting in Perugia—into one designed for quiet reflection in the home. The addition of a book underscores the purpose of this image as a model for the viewer, who might imitate the pious angel by studying a devotional text.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dish with angel
- Date: ca. 1510–30
- Culture: Italian, Deruta
- Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 3 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (8.3 × 39.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965
- Object Number: 65.6.12
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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