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image of Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape
Probably Urbino district or Venetian 16th Century
Urbino district 16th Century (ceramist)
Venetian 16th Century (ceramist)
Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape, c. 1510/1520
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
overall (diameter): 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.313
On View
From the Tour: Italian Renaissance Ceramics
Object 25 of 25

Provenance

Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris; (his estate sale, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 1046, sold for 11,000 francs). Maurice Kann [d. 1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased February 1910 by Peter A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.

[1] Widener collection records in NGA curatorial files.

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