Plate with the reconciliation of Cupid and Minerva
1525
Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio; painting attributed to the Painter of the Three Graces
Ceramist
Painter, Italian
Related Artist, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553
Artwork overview
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Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1942.9.333
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Probably Émile Gavet [1830-1904], Paris.[1] Richard Zschille [1847-1903], Leipzig; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 23 June 1899, no. 92, repro.)[2] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, Paris, and New York); purchased 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] Darcel, Alfred, "Le moyen âge et la renaissance au Trocadéro, XIV. Les faïences italiennes," GBA, 2d ser., 18 (1878): 977, mentions as exhibited by Gavet at the 1878 Exposition Universelle "une assiette à larges bords representant un Amour offrant une palme à une femme" marked M G [with superscript o's after both letters] and dated 1525, which must be this piece; it does not appear in the 1889 catalogue of the Gavet collection by Emile Molinier, or in the catalogue of the Gavet sale in Paris, 31 May-9 June 1897, so it had presumably been sold previously.
[2] Catalogue of the Italian majolica...of Herr Richard Zchille, London, 1899: no. 92, repro., as Gubbio, workshop of Maestro Giorgio. The name of the purchaser at the Zschille sale is given in the marked catalogue in the Christie's archive as "Müller."
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1878
Exposition Universelle Internationale, Trocadéro, Paris, 1878.
1982
Sixteenth-Century Italian Maiolica; Selections from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection and the National Gallery of Art's Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982-1983, no. 42.
2018
Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018
Bibliography
1878
Exposition Universelle Internationale. Exh. cat. Trocadéro, Paris, 1878.
Darcel, Alfred. "Le moyen âge et la Renaissance au Trocadéro; XIV. Les faïences italiennes." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 2d ser., 18 (1878): 977.
1899
Falke, Otto von. Sammlung Richard Zschille; Katalog der italienischen Majoliken. Leipzig, 1899: no. 92, repro.
1933
Ballardini, Gaestano. Corpus della maiolica italiana. 2 vols. Rome, 1933-1938: 1: no. 17, figs. 165, 297.
1935
Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 60.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 13, as Gubbio (Maestro Giorgio Andreoli).
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 119, no. 2.
1988
Fiocco/Gherardi 1988-1989, 2:416, 420, n. 10, 570.
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: 177-179, repro. 178.
Inscriptions
in center reverse, flanking an "owner's mark" incorporating a double cross and a letter S: 1525 / Mo.Go.
Markings
Duveen (?) label: "The design is probably after Robetta"
Wikidata ID
Q62131085