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<p>[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 10722, member: 90"]The maioiche (majolica) plate resides in the Victoria & Albert Museum. It has been attributed to the region of Castel Durante by an unknown artist and dated to 1530. It measure 24.5 cm (9.5 inches) in diameter. That is all the notes say. What makes this genre of painting interesting is what the caption doesn't say.</p><p>The inscription, in Latin, on the band reads "Amore Igrato" or "Thankless Love". It was a particularly popular theme in the early to mid 16th century. Such examples were most often commissioned by women to give as gifts to their lovers and sometimes, though less often, even to their husbands. Can you image the arguments, not to mention murders, these plates instigated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 10722, member: 90"]The maioiche (majolica) plate resides in the Victoria & Albert Museum. It has been attributed to the region of Castel Durante by an unknown artist and dated to 1530. It measure 24.5 cm (9.5 inches) in diameter. That is all the notes say. What makes this genre of painting interesting is what the caption doesn't say. The inscription, in Latin, on the band reads "Amore Igrato" or "Thankless Love". It was a particularly popular theme in the early to mid 16th century. Such examples were most often commissioned by women to give as gifts to their lovers and sometimes, though less often, even to their husbands. Can you image the arguments, not to mention murders, these plates instigated.[/QUOTE]
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