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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Circular plaque with fruited wreath enclosing a shield of arms
Faentine 16th Century (ceramist)
Italian, 1500-1599
Circular plaque with fruited wreath enclosing a shield of arms, 1532
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Overall (diameter): 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.) overall (average thickness): 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.342
From the Tour: Italian Renaissance Ceramics
Object 21 of 25

1935Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 64, as Faenza.
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 14, as Faenza.
1983Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 118, no. 7, as Faenza.
1988Guidotti, Ravanelli, C. "Maioliche faentine datatei un disco di censo con lo stemma Cattoli del 1532.2." Faenza (1988): pl. 1.
1993Distelberger, 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: 129-130, repro. 129.

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