Albarello with Saint George slaying the dragon and fighting dragons, c. 1500/1510

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Medium

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions

overall (height by diameter): 22.5 × 12.2 cm (8 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2015.19.4040

Artists / Makers

Deruta 16th Century (ceramist)

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Inscription

on front on band: DIA PRVNIS SIMPLEX (simple [unmixed] compound made from plums or prunes); beneath foot: undeciphered scratched marks

Provenance

Alessandro Castellani [1823-1883], Rome; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27-29 May 1878, 2nd day, no. 40). 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: 181, no. 97) 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

Castellani, Alessandro
Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Gavet, Émile

Exhibition History

2007: Treasures of European Decorative Art and Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 August 2007 - 29 March 2009, no catalogue.

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 Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 265, no. 99.

1986: Watson, Wendy M. Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection. Exh. cat. (11 venues). London and Washington, 1986: 181, no. 97, repro.