Plate
Italian School
c.1500/50
Medium
Majolica, ceramic, with "golden" lustre glaze, overall design in "golden" lustre
Dimensions
H.: 24.5 cm (9 11/16 in.)
Classification
earthenware
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
107421
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Italian School · 1800–1899
The Italian School of the nineteenth century encompasses the diverse artistic output of painters, sculptors, and architects working across the Italian peninsula from 1800 to 1899, a period marked by profound political change including foreign occupations, the Risorgimento movement, and national unification in 1861. This era saw Italian art transition from Enlightenment ideals through Neoclassicism...