17G Filippo Lorenzo de' Paladini (Italian, 1544-1615). Giving Drink to the
Thirsty (detail), 1583-86. Tin-glazed earthenware. Ospedale del Ceppo.
Photo: © Aurelio Amendola. Actual ceramic bowls have been included
in the fully three-dimensional portions of this relief.
Notes- This theory was postulated by John Pope-Hennessy (1964, 233-34,
no. 232) to explain similar holes on Giovanni della Robbia's Ecce Homo
in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. - In particular, his Baptism of Christ (Boucher 1991, 2: fig. 1). Sanso-
vino's association with and possible influence on ceramic production
stems from his early career when he worked principally in terra-cotta.
Moreover, Vasari reports that Sansovino's altar depicting the Virgin in
glory with saints, Church of Santa Chiara, Monte San Savino, was
glazed by the della Robbia workshop (Boucher 1991, 1: 5-6; Batini
et al. 1986, 133-41). - See, for example, Passavant 1969, fig. 37; Pope-Hennessy 1964, nos.
202-3, 227, 430-31, 433; Middeldorf 1973, 234-36, especially pis.
1-2, 4-5. - Batini etal. 1986, 132, 135-37. Also close to the Getty bust is the
half-figure Saint John the Baptist by Sansovino in the Museo Bardini,
Florence. - Della Robbia figures in sculpture and relief typically appear more mild
and less vigorously modeled than the present work and display mono
chromatic areas of pigmented glaze, without the lively tracings and geo
metric motifs displayed by this bust (see, for example, Gentilini 1998,
nos. II.1, II.14, II.16, II.18-19; see also no. 28 below). - For information on albarelli decorated with both cube and cloverleaf
patterns, see Ravanelli Guidotti 1990, 117-19, no. 70; Fanfani 1984,
pis. io3a-d; Ricci 1988, 102-3, no. 30. - See conclusion of the introduction for more information on neutron ac
tivation analysis as an analytical tool. - Berti 1999 , i8i; Paolucci 1985, 155.
- Berti 1999, 181-82.
- Berti 1999, 82.
- Berti 1999, 320-22, nos. 210-15.
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