Large dish with running plant border; in the center, horsemen fighting

c. 1500/1520

Deruta 16th Century

Associated Names
Deruta 16th Century

Ceramist

This is a decorative ceramic plate featuring a design in the center with two riders on horseback. The two people have pale blue skin and are dressed in elaborate yellow armor, holding long yellow swords and riding side by side on finely detailed blue horses. Surrounding the inner scene is a border of floral and leaf motifs in bright yellow against a blue background. The rim of the plate is yellow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.318

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris;[1] 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.
[1] It is possible that this is the dish sold at the Soltykoff sale in Paris, 8 April-1 May 1861, no. 668, described as a Pesaro plate 40 cm. in diameter, painted with "deux cavaliers combattant vêtus à l'antique. Le bord est orné de feuillages;" this was bought by Carrand, but is not in the Carrand collection at the Bargello.

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. 21, repro.

2004

  • Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no cat.

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: 55, as Deruta, c. 1520.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 12, as Deruta, about 1520.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 124, no. 1, as Deruta, first third of sixteenth century.

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: 140-141, color repro. 141.

Markings

Kann collection labels 12, 181

Wikidata ID

Q62131059

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