Jug with Finely-Dressed Woman
This elongated jug displays a bust-length image of a woman in profile set against sprays of foliage. She wears a high headdress, beaded choker, and brocaded dress typical of 1430s Italian court fashions, which are well documented in the paintings and drawings of Pisanello. Columns of stacked bell-shapes flank the handle. A pattern of dots and diamonds embellish the spout. A stylish witness to the elegant court culture in which such jugs were used, this work is decorated with a deep blue pigment of cobalt oxide, known as zaffera, developed by late medieval potters in central Italy.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jug with Finely-Dressed Woman
- Date: 1430s
- Geography: Made in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
- Culture: Central Italian
- Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: 11 5/16 × 6 5/8 × 5 11/16 in. (28.8 × 16.8 × 14.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Purchase, Austin B. Chinn Gift, Larry and Ann Burns Gift, in honor of Austin B. Chinn, and funds from various donors, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.144
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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Italian
early 15th century
Italian
early 1400s
Italian
1420–50
British
15th–16th century
British
early–mid-16th century
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