Flat plate with a battle scene

1525

Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio; painting by the Painter of the Three Graces

Associated Names
Italian 16th Century

Ceramist

Painter of the Three Graces

Painter, Italian

Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio

Related Artist, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553

This painted plate shows three armored people and two horses in a dynamic scene set against a green and blue landscape. The people all have light skin and wear armor in shades of yellow and gold, with red fabric around their waists. They all wear different hats: one wears a yellow hat, one wears a blue hat, and one wears an orange hat with large blue feathers. Closest to us, a person jabs a spear towards a large white horse on the right. Another person is behind this horse, holding its reigns and looking over their shoulder. In the background on the left, a person riding a tan horse points a long sword down at the spear-wielder. In the background, blue water winds through light green grass and pale rock formations, with a few light blue trees. In the distance on the right is a large white castle with a golden roof under a blue sky that fades to yellow near the horizon. The rim of the plate is gold.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.334

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Duveen Brothers); purchased February 1912 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.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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, repro.

2018

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018, no. 39

Bibliography

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 60-61.

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. 4, color repro.

1988

  • Fiocco/Gherardi 1988-1989, 2:423-425, figs. 128, 129; 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: 180-183, color repro. 181.

Inscriptions

in center reverse: 1525 / .Mo.Go.

Markings

Duveen (?) label in ink: "Designed by Mantegna"

Wikidata ID

Q62131086

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