Dish (one of a pair)
ca. 1525–35
Medium
Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 2 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (5.4 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
Italian, Gubbio
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of V. Everit Macy, in memory of his wife, Edith Carpenter Macy, 1927
Accession Number
27.97.33
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite maiolica dish, crafted around 1525–35 in the Umbrian town of Gubbio, represents the height of Italian Renaissance ceramic artistry. Created by Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, whose workshop perfected the difficult technique of metallic luster, the piece glows with an iridescent sheen achieved by applying silver and copper oxides before a final reduction firing. The tin-glazed earthenware surface, painted with delicate figural scenes, reflects the period’s fascination with classical mythology—here featuring Cupid the Roman god of love. Gubbio’s lusterware was prized across Europe for ...
About the Artist
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli · 1500–1550
**Maestro Giorgio Andreoli: The Luster Maestro of Gubbio** Giorgio di Pietro Andreoli, known as Maestro Giorgio or Mastro Giorgio da Gubbio, was born between 1465 and 1470 in Intra on Lake Maggiore, the son of potter Pietro Andreoli. After spending his youth in Pavia—where he was noted in documents as "son of Pietro da Pavia"—his family fled following the 1476 assassination of Duke Galeazzo Sforz...