Plate with shield of arms and ornamental patterns, c. 1510/1520

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Medium

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions

overall (height by diameter): 4 × 24.9 cm (1 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2015.19.4041

Artists / Makers

Sienese 16th Century (ceramist) Sienese, 16th century

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Inscription

center, unidentified shield of arms: Azure, a fess between three crescents argent, impaling gules, a moor's head sable

Provenance

Émile Gavet [1830-1904], Paris;[1] purchased by William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Wendy M. Watson’s catalogue (Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection, exh. cat. [11 venues], London and Washington, 1986: 180, no. 92) appends Gavet’s name with a question mark, presumably because this work could not be located in Émile Molinier’s catalogues of the Gavet collection (Collection Émile Gavet, catalogue raisonné précédé d'une historique et archéologique sur les oeuvres d'art qui compose cette collection, Paris, 1889 and 1894). However, Clark collection records, in NGA curatorial files, say Clark purchased the work from Gavet.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Gavet, Émile

Bibliography

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 Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 265, no. 101.

1955: Breckenridge, James D. "Italian Maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection." The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 7, no. 3 (April 1955): no. 14.

1986: Watson, Wendy M. Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection. Exh. cat. (11 venues). London and Washington, 1986: 180, no. 94, repro.