A DERUTA MAIOLICA GOLD-LUSTERED BELLA DONNA CHARGER
Circa 1530
Painted with the half-length portrait of a Renaissance beauty, a scrolling banner at the left inscribed CHIB ENIGV IDA. SVA.BAR...AESE EIDRE..., the border with alternating panels of an acanthus flower, scale pattern, and stripes.
diameter 16 1/4in (41.2cm)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Brimo de Laroussilhe Antiquites, Paris, purchased 27 June 1984.

The charger has been broken and cracked and repaired primarily in the central panel through the ribbons, torso, forehead, and at 8:00, all with overpainting lacking luster. There are multiple old filled chips on the rim, some of which are chipping again. Small scattered chips, light scratches, and losses along the border. Wax and dirt residue remains to rim and verso. The interior rim is very worn. A few scattered glaze gaps.