CONCAVE PLATE WITH FULL FLARE

Diameter, 28,5 cm.
Majolica
Faenza, end of the 15th century.
Provenance: acquisition (1945)
Condition: fragmentary, and with some repairs.
Inv. no. 248.

The large bust of a woman in Renaissance costume reigns over much of the surface, and behind her, on a plain white band, are the words « IVLIA BEL(l)A ». It belongs to the group called « belle donne », that is, beautiful women.