id: 142296 accession number: 1966.128 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.128 updated: 2023-01-11 02:14:21.279000 Plate with a Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1500–1510. Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century. Red earthenware, incised slipware; diameter: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Damiron 1966.128 title: Plate with a Portrait of a Gentleman title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1500–1510 creation date earliest: 1495 creation date latest: 1515 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Damiron copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century technique: red earthenware, incised slipware department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Golden Anniversary Acquisitions. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10-October 16, 1966). --- PROVENANCE (Charles Damiron, Lyon). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Incised slipware is an ancient technique of decorating ceramics that dates back to the Tang dynasty in China (618-907). digital description: This plate is an example of incised slipware—a technique in which clay was coated with a pale-colored slip and decorated by scratching away part of the slip to reveal the darker body beneath. Although produced in the same kilns as maiolica, slipware did not require the additional expense of importing tin. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS No existing citations page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.128/1966.128_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.128/1966.128_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.128/1966.128_full.tif