Shallow bowl on low foot with the Conversion of Saul

c. 1525

Painting attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli; place of production uncertain

Associated Names
Francesco Xanto Avelli

Ceramist, Italian (Rovigo), active in Urbino, c. 1486/1487 - after 1542

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.349

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

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: 66, as Urbino, c. 1540.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 14, as Urbino, about 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: 202-204, color repro. 203.

Markings

Kann collection labels 23, 193; blue-edged octagonal label withhandwritten "S702," "5702," or "G702" (from the same sequence as the label on NGA 1942.9.348)

Wikidata ID

Q62131106

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