Molded dish with the Judgment of Paris

c. 1550/1560

Urbino 16th Century

Ceramist, Italian, 16th century

Duchy of Urbino 16th Century

Ceramist, Italian, 16th century

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oskar Hainauer [1840-1894], Berlin;[1] by inheritance to his widow, Julie Hainauer [1850-1926], Berlin; purchased 1906 with the entire Hainauer collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 17 October 1906 to William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The dish is labelled with a Hainauer catalogue number (M70), but this is one of a handful of entries missing in the catalogue, with no apparent explanation.
[2] Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series I.D, General business records, 1907-1964, reel 59, box 163, Hainauer collection sales ledger, July 1906-December 1909; copy in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1925

  • Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part II. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 262, no. 70.

1955

  • Breckenridge, James D. "Italian Maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection." The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 7, no. 3 (April 1955): no. 105.

1986

  • Watson, Wendy M. Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection. Exh. cat. (11 venues). London and Washington, 1986: 184, no. 111, repro.

Inscriptions

across center reverse: Iuditio d / Paris (The Judgment of Paris); reverse, Hainauer catalogue number: M 70.; reverse, Hainauer number within a circle: 70

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