Urbino Maiolica Fountain, Patanazzi Workshop, circa 1580

Urbino maiolica fountain sculpted in the round in the form of a grotto with a rectangular basin, decorated in naturalistic polychrome.

It is surmounted by the infant Bacchus holding a glass and a pitcher, flanked by a goat-like animal on either side. At the rear is a vaulted cavity.

Patanazzi Workshop, circa 1580, second half of the 16th century.

Reference: Jeanne Giacomotti, Les majoliques des musées Nationaux, nos. 1118 and 1119, pp. 375–376. Éditions des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1974.