Plate with floral and geometric motifs
late 15th/early 16th century
Faenza 15th/16th Century
Ceramist, Central Italian
Artwork overview
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Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 2 x 8 1/8 in. (5.08 x 20.64 cm)
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Accession Number
2015.19.4097
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Émile Gavet [1830-1904], Paris;[1] purchased by William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[2] de-accessioned 15 November 2010; [3] (sale, Christie’s, New York, 22 November 2011, n. 63, bought-in); (sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 June 2012, n. 213, bought-in); [3] acquired 2015 by NGA.
[1] Émile Molinier, Collection Émile Gavet, catalogue raisonné précédé d'une historique et archéologique sur les oeuvres d'art qui compose cette collection, Paris, 1889: 105, no. 445.
[2] See the Clark collection records in NGA curatorial files.
[3] According to a report from Christie’s, New York, in the NGA curatorial file, the work was appraised by the auction house on 29 October 2010.
[4] This majolica is listed as property from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in both sales catalogues.
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Bibliography
1889
Molinier, Émile. Collection Émile Gavet, catalogue raisonné précédé d'une historique et archéologique sur les oeuvres d'art qui compose cette collection. Paris, 1889: 105, no. 445.
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 Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 267, no. 116.
1955
Breckenridge, James D. "Italian Maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection." The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 7, no. 3 (April 1955): no. 18.