Large dish with segmental border of half plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, profile bust of a woman

c. 1515/1540

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.324

On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugène Piot [1812-1890], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-24 May 1890, no. 337).[1] 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, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] This provenance information was provided by Timothy H. Wilson in August 2000, and was not included in his 1993 NGA systematic catalogue entry. It provides the explanation for a square, printed label on the dish with the number 337 on it, which was described in the entry as "from an unidentified collection or sale."

Associated Names

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: 56-57, 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: 155-156, repro. 155.

Inscriptions

on scroll in front of the woman's face: CONFERMA / FE [or possibly TE or LE]

Markings

Kann collection labels 10, 179; square, 19th century printed label: 337, from an unidentified collections or sale

Wikidata ID

Q62131070

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