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Dish
Patanazzi family
(Workshop)
This dish commemorates the marriage of Alfonso II d'Este (1533-1597), fifth and last Duke of Ferrara, to Margherita Gonzaga (1564-1618) in 1579. To mark the event Alfonso ordered one of the most spectacular maiolica dinner services ever made. Like this dish, each piece bears his impresa of burning asbestos - a symbol of undying love - and the Latin motto ARDET AETERNUM (‘it burns for ever’).
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37588
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF, 21/7/2005
Purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund
Measurements
diam
(cm): 37.2
Height
(cm): 6
diam
(in): 14 5/8
Height
(in): 2 3/8
Material
Tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica
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