Two-Handled "Oak Leaf" Pharmacy Jar with Fleur-de-Lys
workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian, c. 1382–1450)
c. 1430–50
- Medium
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Italy, Florence
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Giunta di Tugio was the most important maiolica ceramist of his time in Florence. Di Tugio was trained in his father's workshop, which he took over following his father's death around 1419, managing it for the next thirty years. According to documents, by 1417 di Tugio was a member of the council of oliandoli, or oil merchants.
