Comments on: 1540s Maiolica plate found hanging on cottage wall

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:49:53 +0000

Ooh, good catch! It could very well be.

By: libellus

libellus — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:21:49 +0000

Love this. Is it just me, or is that a classics macabre swimming in the river? The amount of detail done on the others makes this seem intentional to me.

By: Miro Collas

Miro Collas — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:24:20 +0000

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By: edahstip

edahstip — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:31:35 +0000

The guy from ‘The Scream’ is skinny dipping!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:29:21 +0000

Thanks! I am impressed with the resources you have at hand, so comprehensive!

By: miss sophie

miss sophie — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:34:02 +0000

It probably does not really count here, but my very own grandmom has a maiolica plate with a rabbit and an “A” and a “D”, and to attribute the woodcut to Albrecht seems at least reasonable to me. He probably did not take his woodcuts to his grave, and after all its all craftsmanship, isn’t it ?

The earlier impression of the ‘Feast of Herod’ does indeed not have the AD mark, but it comes up instead with a little copyright notice: “By the favour and privilege of his Imperial Majesty, let no one dare to print this work under penalty of payment of ten marks of pure gold. Albrecht Glockendon Illuminist of Nuremberg”.

What about a little mash-up now of Marcantonio Raimondi, Manet and our Mr. Beham remixing each other ?

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:20:21 +0000

Those classes must have been wonderful. I’ve seen him many a time on the original Antiques Roadshow and he is a one-man encyclopedia of porcelain knowledge.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:11:50 +0000

Excellent catch. That is very, very close to Dürer's signature, a clear copy thereof, in fact, albeit missing the crossbar of the A. It's probably a later addition, as several of Sebald Beham's works, some of them directly inspired by Dürer pieces, were attributed to AD after his death. This earlier impression of the Feast of Herod does not have the fake AD mark.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:27:23 +0000

Just curious. On the woodprint, center bottom, there appears to be two initials, an “A” over a “D”. Is that Albrecht Durer’s signature. Maybe I have my dates wrong. If not, it could be attributed to him near the end of his life.

By: rita Roberts

rita Roberts — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:46:08 +0000

WOW ! WHAT A FIND.I love these chargers and like the Delft chargers are so rare.I have seen both while attending Henry Sandon’s classes who was the curator of Worcester Porcelain England.What a lovely surprise for that lady who had inherited the charger.Many thanks for this post it was a delight for me to read.