in profile adorned with unusual headdress and tied
bodice—include those in the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C. (inv. 1942.9.323 [C.48]; fig. 20D);^7 Bos
ton Atheneum (inv. Ath 307);^8 Art Institute of Chicago
(inv. 1937.843); Musee de la Renaissance, Ecouen (inv.
Cluny 2449);^9 Musee du Louvre, Paris (inv. OA 1238);^10
formerly Pringsheim collection, Munich;^11 Museo
Nazionale di Ravenna, collezione Classense;^12 Museo
Regionale della Ceramica di Deruta;^13 and two that sold
at auction.^14 That a number of other similar plates exist
suggests that the image copied on these plates was a very
popular one and that the pattern presumably used was
available in numerous copies.^15 Such a source might
have copied Pinturicchio's Death of San Bernardino
fresco in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome
(fig- 2,OE).20F Bernardino Pinturicchio. Eritrean Sibyl (detail). Spello, Italy, Santa Maria
Maggiore. Photo: Scala/Art Resource, New York.20G Lustered plate with a female bust. Deruta, first quarter of the sixteenth
century. Tin-glazed earthenware. Paris, Musee du Louvre, inv. OA 1433.
Photo: © Reunion des Musees Nationaux.2OH OPPOSITE LEFT: Bernardino Pinturicchio. The Enthroned Virgin and Child
and Saints (detail). Spello, Italy, Chiesa di Sant'Andrea.20 1 OPPOSITE RIGHT: Lustered plate with an angel in prayer. Deruta, first
quarter of the sixteenth century. Tin-glazed earthenware, Diam: 42 cm
(16/2 in.). Paris, Musee du Louvre, inv. OA 1457. Photo: © Reunion des
Musees Nationaux.[ 16 Lustered Plate with a Female Bust