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Plate with a Portrait of a Gentleman
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About this work
This plate is an example of incised slipware—a technique in which clay was coated with a pale-colored slip and decorated by scratching away part of the slip to reveal the darker body beneath. Although produced in the same kilns as maiolica, slipware did not require the additional expense of importing tin.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePlate with a Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1500–1510. Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century. Red earthenware, incised slipware; diameter: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Damiron, 1966.128
