Drug jar with heads of women
c. 1550/1570
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
overall (height x greatest diameter): 23.8 × 22.8 cm (9 3/8 × 9 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.325
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Workshop of Domenico da Venezia
**Domenico da Venezia (c. 1520–1575), also known as Mastro Domenico or Domenego de Donà di Bethi, was a prominent Venetian maiolica painter and decorator active in the Republic of Venice during the mid-to-late sixteenth century.** Born in Venice around 1520, he established his workshop near the parish of San Polo. By 1546 he had married Catharina, daughter of the potter Jacomo da Pesaro, linking h...