Plate
dated 1532
Medium
Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 × 10 in. (4.4 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
Italian, Gubbio
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1884
Accession Number
84.2.6
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant maiolica plate, created in 1532 by Maestro Giorgio Andreoli in Gubbio, Italy, represents the height of Renaissance ceramic artistry. Andreoli was renowned across Europe for perfecting luster techniques that transformed humble earthenware into objects of luminous beauty, often evoking the sheen of gold or silver. As a product of Gubbio’s famed workshops, the plate reflects the city’s central role in producing refined tableware for aristocratic patrons during the early 16th century. Made of tin-glazed earthenware with metallic luster, the medium allowed artists to achieve vibrant c...
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...