Alessandro Castellani

Italian, 1823 - 1883

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Deruta 16th Century, Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, an emblematic female figure holding a crowned toad and cornucopia, c. 1510/1540, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.317

Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, an emblematic female figure holding a crowned toad and cornucopia

Deruta 16th Century · c. 1510/1540 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.317

The "in Castel Durante" Painter, Dish with Orpheus charming the beasts, c. 1520/1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2015.19.4002

Dish with Orpheus charming the beasts

The "in Castel Durante" Painter · c. 1520/1525 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4002

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Dish with shield of arms of the Orsini

Deruta 16th Century · c. 1520/1530 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4028

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Plate with the death of Narcissus

Pesaro 16th Century, Lanfranco Workshop · c. 1545/1550 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4009

Deruta 16th Century, Votive plaque, 1505, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2014.136.331

Votive plaque

Deruta 16th Century · 1505 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2014.136.331

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Plate with a portrait of a woman (Camilla)

Gubbio 16th Century · 1541 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2014.136.307

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

Large dish with border of floral scrollwork and cornucopias; in the center, profile bust of "Faustina"

Deruta 16th Century · c. 1510/1535 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.322

Italian 15th Century, A Lady, 1475/1485, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.326

A Lady

Italian 15th Century · 1475/1485 · marble ·  Accession ID  1939.1.326

Nicola da Urbino, Plate with an allegorical scene of Calliope and a youth (from the Ladder Service), c. 1525/1528, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2014.136.321

Plate with an allegorical scene of Calliope and a youth (from the Ladder Service)

Nicola da Urbino · c. 1525/1528 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2014.136.321

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Dish with Salome presenting the head of Saint John the Baptist to Herod and his court

Giacomo Mancini · c. 1540/1545 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3993

Bibliography

1861

  • Newton, C.T. The Castellani Collection. London, 1861.

1973

  • Nadelhofer, Hans. "Castellani and Giuliano in the Context of Their Times." Christie's Review of the Season. London, 1973: 206-210.

1975

  • Bury, Shirley. "Alessandro Castellani and the Revival of Granulation." The Burlington Magazine (October 1975): 664-668.

1984

  • Munn, Geoffrey C. Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century. London, 1984.