Plate with border of grotesques on an orange ground; in the center, Narcissus gazing at his reflection in a fountain

c. 1510/1520

Sienese 16th Century

Ceramist, Sienese, 16th century

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G10

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.315

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Adrien-Joseph Rattier, Paris (sale, Paris, 21-24 March 1859, no. 17).[1] Octavius Coope, Brentwood, Essex; (his estate sale, sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 3-5 May 1910, no. 35);[2] (Duveen Brothers, London), for 3700 guineas; 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.
[1] Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité composant la collection de feu M. Rattier (Paris, 1859), no. 17, as Faenza.
[2] Catalogue of the choice collection of Old Italian Majolica...formed by Octavius E. Coope, Esq. (London, 1910), no. 35, repro., as Siena.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1862

  • Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Medieval, Renaissance, and More Recent Periods on Loan at the South Kensington Museum, South Kensington Museum, London, 1862, no. 5164, repro. Rev. ed. 1863.

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. 6, repro.

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, brochure, no. 43, as Plate with border of grotesques.

Bibliography

1862

  • South Kensington 1862, no. 5164, repro.

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 53, as Siena (Maestro Benedetto), c. 1500.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 12, as Siena (Maestro Benedetto), about 1500.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 117, no. 2, repro., as Siena, c. 1510.

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: 122-125, color repro. 123.

2019

  • Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York, 2019: 225 fig. 81, 275 n.307.

Wikidata ID

Q62131055

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