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Bella Donna Charger
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Bella Donna Charger

c. 1520–30 · tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)

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About this work

Ceremonial plates decorated with a bella donna (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many bella donna plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBella Donna Charger, c. 1520–30. Italy, Papal States, Deruta. Tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica); diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1923.1096
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