Dish with the Suicide of Ajax

Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

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Dish with the Suicide of Ajax

1569

Workshop of Maestro Domenego da Venezia (Italian (active Venice), born early 1520s, recorded in 1568)

Maestro Domenego and his workshop produced several variants of this composition. This dish is unusual in that the reverse bears the precise date of when it was painted---September 1569.

Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Dish with the Suicide of Ajax

Date:

1569

Artist:

Workshop of Maestro Domenego da Venezia (Italian (active Venice), born early 1520s, recorded in 1568)

Medium:

Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions:

2 1/2 x 10 9/16 inches (6.4 x 26.8 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection, 2005

Accession Number:

2005-184-3

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)

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