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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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1884.44.14
Date:	1606
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: 1606
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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