Plate
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1530
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Lehman
Object number45-55/4
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DescriptionPlate depicting a blindfolded cupid in center; border of arabesques. Blue and yellow, peach color.ProvenanceEmil Weinberger (d. 1929), Vienna, by 1929;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Versteigerung der Hinterlassenen Sammlung des Herrn Emil Weinberger, C. J. Wawra and Glückselig, Vienna, October 22, 1929, lot 52, through Richard Leitner, by Robert Lehman (1891-1969), New York, no. C18, 1929-1945 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1945.
NOTES:
[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Papers, box 82, folder 13.
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