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On short term loan out for exhibition

Panel

1510-1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This wonderful plaque is one the most exquisite example of Renaissance maiolica painting.
Although the mark TB has not been identified convincingly with any maiolica painter, the style in which the panel is painted recalls artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Girolamo Genga, as well as Albrecht Dürer.

The small scale of the object suggests that it might have been used for private devotion; a companion plaque, also marked with the initials TB or BT, in the Bargello Museum in Florence, depicts the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Both plaques could have been displayed alongside each other in a scholar's study.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware panel, painted in colours, showing the Resurrection of Christ, 1510-20, probably Duchy of Urbino, Italy.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware panel showing the resurrection of Christ within a rocky landscape, painted in blue and yellow hues.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • Width: 20.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'TB' (Monogram; Back)
Object history
From the Pourtalès collection, bought for 126 l.
Vente de la galerie Pourtales. [Catalogue des objets d'art ... collections de feu M. le comte de Pourtales-Gorgier et dont la vente aura lieu . fevrier et mars 1865, p. 239, no 1717
Production
'Master of the Resurrection Panel'
Subjects depicted
Summary
This wonderful plaque is one the most exquisite example of Renaissance maiolica painting.
Although the mark TB has not been identified convincingly with any maiolica painter, the style in which the panel is painted recalls artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Girolamo Genga, as well as Albrecht Dürer.

The small scale of the object suggests that it might have been used for private devotion; a companion plaque, also marked with the initials TB or BT, in the Bargello Museum in Florence, depicts the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Both plaques could have been displayed alongside each other in a scholar's study.
Bibliographic reference
Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Other number
275 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
69-1865

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Record createdNovember 11, 2003
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