Deep bowl with "Persian palmette" ornament; in the center, a profile bust of a young man wearing a wreath, c. 1490/1500

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Medium

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.316

Artists / Makers

Tuscan 16th Century (ceramist)

Faenza 16th Century (ceramist) Central Italian

Image Use

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Provenance

Sigismond Bardac, Paris, by 1913.[1] (Duveen Brothers); purchased January 1914 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] Henri Leman, Collection Sigismond Bardac; faiences italiennes du xve siècle; objets de haute curiosité. Notices... (Paris, 1913), no. 18, repro. (as Caffagiolo, fifteenth century).

Associated Names

Bardac, Sigismond
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

Earthenware, covered entirely in a whitish tin glaze. The painting is in blue, yellow, orange-brownish red, and green. There are three small kiln spur marks on the rim. The edge is rubbed and there is a crack from six o'clock to the center.

Bibliography

1913: Leman, Henri. Collection Sigismond Bardac; faiences italiennes du XVe siècle; objets de haute curiosité. Notices .... Paris, 1913, no. 18, repro., as Cafaggiolo, fifteenth century.

1935: Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 54, as by Cafaggiolo, 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 Caffagiolo, about 1500.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 116, no. 1, as Cafaggiolo, c. 1500.

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: 120-122, repro. 120.