Nicola da Urbino (ceramist) Italian, active 1520s - c. 1537/1538 Panel with the Adoration of the Magi, c. 1525 tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) Overall: 22.2 x 16.8 cm (8 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.) overall (thickness): 1.5 cm (9/16 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.341

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Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris (sale, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 1169).[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. 1169, pl. 33, as Castel Durante, c. 1540, sold for 1,800 francs.

Associated Names

• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Kann, Maurice
• Spitzer, Frédéric, Baron
• Widener, Joseph E.
• Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

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