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image of Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor
Deruta or Possibly Gubbio 16th Century
Gubbio 16th Century (ceramist)
Deruta 16th Century (ceramist)
Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor, probably c. 1490/1520
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
overall (diameter): 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.328
Not on View
From the Tour: Italian Renaissance Ceramics
Object 19 of 25

Provenance

Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris (sale, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 1192, sold for 5950 francs).[1] Maurice Kann, Paris; (Duveen Brothers), 1908, as part of the Kann collection; purchased February 1910 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.

[1] Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité...composant l'importante et précieuse collection Spitzer (Paris, 1893), no. 1192, pl. 34, as Gubbio, end of fifteenth century.

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