BOWL, RIMINI, "MAESTRO DELLA CONVERSIONE DI SAN PAOLO", 1565-1575 CIRCA in polychrome painted majolica; on the reverse side the inscription La formatione / di Adam; diam. cm 27,2, h. cm 5,3 cm 5,3 A BOWL, RIMINI, "MAESTRO DELLA CONVERSIONE DI SAN PAOLO", CIRCA 1565-1575 Bibliography C. Leprince, J. Raccanello, G. Carteaux, Feu et Talent II. Majoliques italiennes de la Renaissance, Paris 2012, pp. 111-115 n. 46; R. Gresta, O. Delucca, La ceramica a Rimini nel Cinquecento, Rimini 2020, pp. 56-57 n. 9 The moulded umbonate bowl with fluted wall originally rested on a slightly flared foot, now cut to allow its insertion in a frame. The entire surface is occupied by a historiated depiction of the creation of Adam. On the verso at the centre of the foot is the inscription in cursive characters La formatione / di Adam. The cup has been extensively studied and published by Riccardo Gresta as a prime example of production in Rimini, recognised and classified by Justin Raccanello as the work of the "Master of the Conversion of St. Paul", listing his known works. The master's work is characterised by a high technical quality, a characteristic which distinguishes him from other painters close to him, such as the "Master of 1774", who, drawing inspiration from the same engraving source, produced a similar cup, but with very different pictorial results.