> This hand made large plate is loosely based on the floor decorations of the Baglioni Chapel in Spello, Umbria - Italy, also known as the "Bella Chapel" (Collegiate of Santa Maria Maggiore), whose walls have been frescoed by the great umbrian painter Bernardino di Betto known as "Pintoricchio". The floor, dated "1566" and attributed to the "Frate de Deruta" Giacomo Mancini (1), is on the "carpet" type and it is the last great umbrian ceramic floor of the Renaissance. The large grotesque scenes, planted on central candelabras, have floral motifs, masks, horses, cherubs, cornucopias, sphinxes, trophies, skulls, birds in the most varied colors and are surrounded by frames with inflorescences decorations and white floral motifs on a blue background (2). The pictorial elaboration of this majolica plate reproduces a detail of the scene that shows also the date of the floor.
The Baglioni Chapel is a chapel in the Collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spello, Umbria - Italy. It is known for its Renaissance frescoes executed by Pinturicchio from c. 1500 to 1501. The decoration was commissioned by the prior (later bishop) Troilo Baglioni, and the end of the work is assigned to 1501. The work was the last important one by Pinturicchio in Umbria, before his sojourns in Rome and Siena. The paintings, typically for Pinturicchio, were executed rapidly thanks to a well-organized workshop, with other masters painting above his drawings. In the later 16th-century the chapel received a pavement with Deruta ceramics. It was restored in 1976-1977 and provided with an air conditioning system against the effects of humidity.
(1) Cfr. F. Quinterio, Architecture and Ceramics in the Renaissance in Umbria, in "Il lavoro ceramico", edited by G. C. Bojani, Perugia 1998, p. 239.
(2) Cfr. F. Cruciani, M. Pinca, F. Quinterio, The majolica paving of the Baglioni chapel, in "Il lavoro ceramico", op. cit., p. 249.

> Questo piatto foggiato "al tornio" è liberamente ispirato alle decorazioni del pavimento della Cappella Baglioni di Spello, detta anche "Cappella Bella" (Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore), le cui pareti sono state affrescate dal grande pittore umbro Bernardino di Betto detto "Pintoricchio". Il pavimento, datato "1566" ed attribuito al "Frate de Deruta" Giacomo Mancini (1), è del tipo "a tappeto" ed è l'ultimo grande pavimento ceramico umbro del Rinascimento. Le grandi scene a grottesche, impiantate su candelabri centrali, presentano motivi floreali, mascheroni, cavalli, putti, cornucopie, sfingi, trofei, teschi, uccelli nei più svariati colori e sono circondate da cornici con decorazioni a racemi e motivi floreali bianchi su fondo blu (2). L'elaborazione pittorica del piatto in maiolica riproduce un particolare della scena che riporta la datazione del pavimento.
(1) Cfr. F. Quinterio, Architettura e ceramica nel Rinascimento in Umbria, in Il lavoro ceramico, a cura di G. C. Bojani, Perugia 1998, p. 239.
(2) Cfr. F. Cruciani, M. Pinca, F. Quinterio, La pavimentazione in maiolica della cappella Baglioni, in Il lavoro ceramico, op. cit., p. 249.