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Plate depicting Joseph Explaining Pharaoh's Dreams
Italian (Urbino)
about 1550
Object Place: Europe, Urbino, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Diameter = 28 cm
Weight = 1.5 lbs
Weight = 1.5 lbs
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession Number95.370
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Description"Joseph and his Brethren"; inscribed on bottom; mended.
InscriptionsInscribed on the bottom: "Iusepo quado li a sonio di Farauone e dalle"
Provenance1891, purchased in Florence by George Washington Wales (b. 1815 - d. 1896) and Maria Wharton Dow Wales (b. 1816 - d. 1902), Boston; 1895, gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1895)