id: 124129 accession number: 1945.125 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.125 updated: Footed Dish Depicting Abraham and Isaac, c. 1545–63. Circle of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 7 x 27.3 cm (2 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Mather 1945.125 title: Footed Dish Depicting Abraham and Isaac title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1545–63 creation date earliest: 1545 creation date latest: 1563 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Mather copyright: --- culture: Italy, Urbino region, Castel-Durante, 16th century technique: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ludovico and Angelo Picchi - maker --- measurements: Diameter: 7 x 27.3 cm (2 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No existing exhibition history --- PROVENANCE Samuel Mather, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The shape of this dish imitates the fluted, curving shape of sixteenth-century metalwork. digital description: During the Renaissance, scenes from the Christian Bible were prominently featured on maiolica, covering the surface in a style called istoriato (decorated with stories). This plate depicts a scene an Old Testament narrative in which Abraham believes that God wants him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Before he can carry out the deed, God sends a ram to sacrifice instead. wall description: In the Old Testament narrative, Abraham believes that God wants him to sacrifice his son Isaac, but before he can carry out the deed, God sends a ram to sacrifice instead. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Foote, Helen S. “Gifts to the Majolica Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 4 (April 1946): 36–38. page number: Mentioned: p. 37 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141269 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.125/1945.125_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.125/1945.125_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.125/1945.125_full.tif