Italian Renaissance Ceramics

Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553, Broad-rimmed bowl with palmette and cornucopia border; in the center, shield of arms of the Saracinelli of Orvieto, c. 1525/1528, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.329
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Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553, Plate with border of foliate scrollwork with dolphin heads and cornucopias; in the center, shield of arms of Vigerio of Savona, 1524, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.332
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Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553, Plate with border of palmettes and scrollwork; in the center, a shield of arms and the initials A.F., 1526, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.335
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Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553, Shallow bowl with Hercules overcoming Antaeus, 1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.330
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Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio; painting by the Painter of the Three Graces, Flat plate with a battle scene, 1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.334
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Attributed to Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, Italian, c. 1465/1470 - c. 1553, Small flat plate with border of cornucopias, scrollwork, and lozenges in four sections; in the center, a bust of Saint Paul with raised sword, probably c. 1515/1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.326
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Nicola da Urbino, Italian, active 1520s - c. 1537/1538, Panel with the Adoration of the Magi, c. 1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.341
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Francesco Xanto Avelli, Italian, active 1530/1542, Broad-rimmed bowl with Neptune raping Theophane; arms of Pucci with an "ombrellino", 1532, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.345
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Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli, Italian, active 1530/1542, Shallow bowl on low foot with the Conversion of Saul, c. 1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.349
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Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli, Urbino, possibly with assistants; lustered in the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, or possibly in Urbino, Shallow bowl on low foot with the death of Laocoön and his two sons, 1539, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.338
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Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli and a collaborator, probably in Urbino; probably lustered in the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio, or by Vicenzo Andreoli, Urbino, Plate with Hero leaping to her death from her tower and the drowned Leander; in the center, a shield of arms, 1538, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.337
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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with running plant border; in the center, horsemen fighting, c. 1500/1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.318
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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with plant-pattern border; in the center, the arms of a Medici pope, 1513 or later - probably not after 1534, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.319
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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with scale border; in the center, an imperial Roman figure and the letter N crowned, c. 1510/1540, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.320
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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with border of floral scrollwork and cornucopias; in the center, profile bust of "Faustina", c. 1510/1535, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.322
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Deruta 16th Century, 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, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.323
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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with scale border; in the center, the Madonna and Child, c. 1500/1535, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.325
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Deruta 16th Century or Gubbio 16th Century, Plate with border of rounded hills within pointed arches with flowers between them; in the center, a wading bird between stylized plants, c. 1490/1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.327
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Deruta 16th Century or Gubbio 16th Century, Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor, probably c. 1490/1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.328
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Workshop of Guido Durantino of Urbino, Italian, active 1520 - 1576, Broad-rimmed bowl with the sacrifice of the Greeks at Aulis and the omen of the serpent devouring nine birds, interpreted by the priest Calchas; arms of Anne de Montmorency, 1535, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.346
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Faentine 16th Century, Circular plaque with fruited wreath enclosing a shield of arms, 1532, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.342
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Sienese 16th Century, Plate with border of grotesques on an orange ground; in the center, Narcissus gazing at his reflection in a fountain, c. 1510/1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.315
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Urbino district 16th Century, Broad-rimmed bowl with border of dolphins and "delphigriffs"; in the center, head of a young man, c. 1520/1530, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.343
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Urbino district 16th Century, Broad-rimmed bowl with border of urns and cherubs' heads; in the center, device of a bird standing on a bundle with the inscription VINCENZO, 1529, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.344
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Urbino district 16th Century or Venetian 16th Century, Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape, c. 1510/1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.313
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