Jug with Figure in Profile

1420–50

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307

By the 1500s Italian maiolica makers would famously use the surface of their wares to depict complex narrative scenes, but this jug, with its confident half-length depiction of a man, represents an early foray into figure drawing by a Florentine potter.

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Title: Jug with Figure in Profile
Date: 1420–50
Geography: Made in Florence or its vicinity, Tuscany, Italy
Culture: Italian
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 9/16 x 4 11/16 in. (19.1 x 14.2 x 11.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Object Number: 12.129.3
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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