Plate with Jupiter, Juno and Io transformed into a cow

c. 1535/1540

Painted in the Urbino district or Gubbio 16th Century; lustered in the Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio or possibly in the Workshop of Vincenzo Andreoli, Urbino

Associated Names
Urbino district 16th Century

Ceramist, Italian, 16th century

Italian 16th Century

Ceramist

Gubbio 16th Century

Ceramist

Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio

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

Vincenzo Andreoli

Related Artist, Italian

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.339

On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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; 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, no. 55.

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: 63, as Urbino, with Gubbio luster, c. 1540.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 13, as Urbino, with Gubbio luster, about 1540.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 123, no. 9, as Urbino, with Gubbio luster, c. 1535/1540.

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: 232-233, repro. 232.

Inscriptions

center reverse: W [or M]

Markings

Kann collection labels 14, 183 overlaying (now in object folder, NGA Curatorial Records)

Wikidata ID

Q62131092

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