| DATE | 1536 |
| AUTHOR | Francesco Urbini (16th century) Gubbio - Italy |
| MEDIA | Maiolica plate - tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome |
| SIZE | Unknown |
| LOCATION | UK - Oxford - The Ashmolean Museum |
| NOTES | This humorous maiolica plate parodies other such designs which were popular at the time it was created. The dish parodies the "bella donna" style of dishes which bear portraits of young girls, by creating the slightly grotesque image out of penises, one of which is pierced. A ribbon-like strip running around the back of the head bears an inscription, written in reverse, which translates as "every man looks at me as if I were a head of dicks". |
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