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This maiolica jug was made in 1606 in Rome, possibly at the Diomede Durante Workshop.

The jug is decorated in polychrome with a saint, possibly St Bernard of Lairvaux, in a medallion and grotesques. It is inscribed '1606'.

St Bernard of Lairvaux is much represented in counter-Reformation painting. As an early Doctor of the Church he may carry a book as an attribute and carry a crook-shaped pastoral staff of a bishop or abbot. However, he is usually shown wearing the white habit of the Cisterian Order.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-680-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1884.44.14
• Date: 1606
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: 1606
  Jug
  
• Dimensions: 166 mm H x 166 mm D
  
• What: Jug
  
• Subject: Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Rome
  
• Who: Castellani Collection (Previous owner)
  Diomede Durante (?), Rome (Maker)
  St Bernard of Clairvaux (Depicted (?))
  
• Where: Italy, Rome
  
• Event:
• Description: Maiolica jug decorated in polychrome with a saint in a medallion and grotesques: Italian, Rome, possibly Diomede Durante Workshop, 1606
  
• References:
  • Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992 
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