Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor
probably c. 1490/1520
Ceramist
Ceramist
Artwork overview
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Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.328
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 1192, as Gubbio, sold for 5950 francs). Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased February 1910 by Peter A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
[1] Widener collection records in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1892
Molinier 1892, no. 155, repro., as Gubbio, end of 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: 58, as Gubbio, under Deruta influence, c. 1510.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 13, as Gubbio, under Deruta influence, about 1510.
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: 161-162, repro. 161.
Markings
19th century handwritten label reading "Armoiries 11" [likely transferred from a different piece]; Spitzer sale labels
Wikidata ID
Q62131075