Plate with an allegory of Prudence

Details

• Title

  Plate with an allegory of Prudence

• Artist/maker

  Francesco Xanto Avelli (c. 1486 - 1544)

  workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (c. 1465-1470 - c. 1553)

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Marche › Pesaro e Urbino › Urbino (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Europe › Italy › Umbria › Perugia › Gubbio (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1535

• Material and technique

  earthenware, tin-glazed (maiolica); lustre; painted in blue, green brown, grey, turquoise and white

• Object type

  container › vessel › plate

• Dimensions

  18.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 56 | Arts of the Renaissance

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1899.CDEF.C446

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