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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with Roman Profile Head - Walters 481317.jpg A popular decorative technique in Faenza was called berettino; these wares have a light or dark blue tin-glaze base coat with white and other color decoration This berettino dish painted with a wide decorative band surrounding a medallion with a Roman profile survives in many versions The Walters' plate is inscribed Chasio perhaps in reference to Gaius Cassius Longinus one of Julius Caesar's assassins The profile was probably taken from an ancient coin or medal ca 1525 1530 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 5 7 24 1 accession number 48 1317 23895 Private collection Florence no 119 Sangiorgi Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Faenza Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Faenza maiolica | ||||
