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Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli and a collaborator, probably in Urbino; probably lustered in the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, or by Vicenzo Andreoli, Urbino Francesco Xanto Avelli (ceramist) Italian, active 1530/1542 Vincenzo Andreoli (ceramist) Italian Italian 16th Century (ceramist) Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio (related artist) Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553 Plate with Hero leaping to her death from her tower and the drowned Leander; in the center, a shield of arms, 1538 tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) overall (diameter): 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.337 On View |
Object 11 of 25
| 1847 | Labarte, J. Description des objets d'art qui composent la collection Debruge Duménil. Paris, 1847: no. 1146. |
| 1935 | Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 62. |
| 1942 | Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 13, as Urbino (Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo). |
| 1982 | NGA 1982-1983, no. 53. |
| 1983 | Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 123, no. 1. |
| 1988 | Fiocco/Gherardi 1988-1989, 2:580. |
| 1993 | Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 210-214, color repro. 211. |
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