Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, a profile bust of a woman in a winged headdress
c. 1515/1540
Ceramist
Artwork overview
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Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.323
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings [1797-1859], Melton Constable, Norfolk, by 1857;[1] by descent to George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings [1857-1904]; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 20-21 March 1888, probably no. 100).[2] 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.
[1] There was no detailed catalogue for the 1857 exhibition in Manchester. The evidence of ownership is a circular pink exhibition label on the object, which reads: MUSEUM ART TREA[SURES] EXHIBITION LORD HASTINGS 112. [2] Catalogue of Majolica...the property of the Right Hon. Lord Hastings (London, 1888), no. 100, is probably this piece. The name of the purchaser is given in the marked copy of the Hastings sale catalogue in the archives of Christie's as "Stettr."
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1857
Art Treasures of the United Kingdom: Museum of Ornamental Art, Art Treasures Palace, Manchester, 1857, not in catalogue.
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. 15.
2001
Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002, not in 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: 56, 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.
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: 152-154, color repro. 153.
Inscriptions
on scroll: CHI B / IENGV / I / DASVABARCHA / SEP /REE / PoRTo [He who steers his ship well is always in harbor]
Markings
Kann collection label 32; a circular pink label for the Manchester exhibition in 1857: "MUSEUM ART TREA[SURES] EXHIBITION LORD HASTINGS 112"; handwritten 19th century label: "Majolica-ware-glaze a 'lustre metallique'-fabric of the 16th century"
Wikidata ID
Q62131069