Bella Donna Charger
1520–1530
- Medium
- tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, Papal States, Deruta
About
Ceremonial plates decorated with a bella donna (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many bella donna plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.