Dish (Tondino) with a Child Lying Near a Skull
Artistworkshop of
Giorgio Andreoli
(Italian, ca. 1465 – 1555)
Dateca. 1525-35
MediumMaiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
DimensionsDIAMETER: 10 1/2 x 2 in. (26.7 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7022
The imagery in the center of the dish is a memento mori, or a reminder of death. The sleeping or dead child and the skull in the foreground allude to the fragility of life. Such elaborately decorated dishes served a function that was representational or commemorative rather than useful.
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First half of the 16th century
First quarter of the 15th century
Unknown, Italian
First quarter of the 16th century
Unknown, Italian
First half of the 16th century
