Jug with Figure in Profile, 1420–50, Made in Florence or its vicinity, Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall


Jug with Figure in Profile, 1420–50, Made in Florence or its vicinity, Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 9/16 x 4 11/16 in. ( x x cm), Ceramics, 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


Size: 3917px × 5223px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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