Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), After Luca Penni (Italian, Florence 1500/1504–1557 Paris), The Calumny of Apelles, 1560. Engraving; first state of six, sheet: 12 15/16 x 12 1/2 in. (32.8 x 31.7 cm) trimmed inside borderline. Purchase,...

An Iznik polychrome dish, Turkey, circa 1560. Photo Sotheby"s of rounded form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, viridian green, and relief red with roses, tulips, carnations, hyacinths and a saz leaf, the bracketed rim with stylised breaking wave...