Deep bowl with "Persian palmette" ornament; in the center, a profile bust of a young man wearing a wreath
c. 1490/1500
Ceramist
Ceramist, Central Italian

Artwork overview
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Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.316
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sigismond Bardac, Paris, by 1913.[1] (Duveen Brothers); purchased January 1914 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] Henri Leman, Collection Sigismond Bardac; faiences italiennes du xve siècle; objets de haute curiosité. Notices... (Paris, 1913), no. 18, repro. (as Caffagiolo, fifteenth century).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1913
Leman, Henri. Collection Sigismond Bardac; faiences italiennes du XVe siècle; objets de haute curiosité. Notices .... Paris, 1913, no. 18, repro., as Cafaggiolo, fifteenth century.
1935
Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 54, as by Cafaggiolo, c. 1500.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 12, as Caffagiolo, about 1500.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 116, no. 1, as Cafaggiolo, c. 1500.
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: 120-122, repro. 120.
Wikidata ID
Q62131056