At a Glance
- Exhibition
- Renaissance Maiolica from the Fontana Workshop
- Dates
- September 15, 2009 to January 17, 2010
- Museum
- The Frick Collection
1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
- Listing type
- Past Exhibitions
- Description
Although it was not until 2008 that the first piece of maiolica entered The Frick Collection, it was an extraordinary debut: a large dish painted with a narrative scene, oristoriato, inspired by Marcantonio Raimondi's print after The Judgment of Paris by Raphael. This scene is surrounded by colorful grotesques delicately painted on a white ground, a specialty of the renowned workshop of Orazio Fontana in Urbino, to which the best pieces are usually attributed.
