CIRCA 1570, URBINO OR DUCHY OF URBINO, FROM THE 'UM 1570' GROUP

The present dish is from a large group of similar pieces produced in the style of the Fontana Workshop in the late 16th century. Decorated with similar figure types, formulaic architecture and marine settings, many are found in the the Anton Ulrich-Museum in Brunswick. For comparables, see J. Lessman, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Italienische Majolika, Brunswick, 1979, cats. 276ff, 353, 399, 407, 408, 409; also related pieces in the Correr Museum [inv. Cl.iv, nos. 83 and 84]; at Erddig [J.V.G. Mallet, "Pottery and Porcelain at Erddig", Apollo CVIII, 1978, fig. 7c]; in the museum in Bologna [Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti, Ceramiche occidentali del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna, Bologna, 1985, cat. 82; and in the Wallace Collection [A.V.B. Norman, Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Ceramics I. Pottery, Maiolica, Faenza, Stoneware, London, 1976, cat. C142].
James D. Breckenridge, "Italian Maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection", The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletini, vol. 7, no. 3, April 1955, cat. 108.Wendy M. Watson, Italian Rennaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 112.