Plate
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1530
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 inches (25.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Lehman
Object number45-55/3
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DescriptionDark blue plate with light blue, red-gold, green and white decoration. Winged head in center. Inscription: "-- Vincia an--". Round shield shapes, torches, shell, cornucopias, a grotesque face, and arabesques.ProvenanceGoldschmidt-Rothschild collection, Frankfurt am Main;
Kurt Glogowski, Berlin, by June 8, 1932;
Purchased at his sale, The well-known collection of important Italian majolica…the property of Herr Kurt Glogowski of Berlin, Sotheby’s, London, June 8, 1932, lot 49, by Borum;
Robert Lehman (1891-1969), New York, no. C208, by 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.
Dr. J. Chompret, Répertoire de la majolique italienne, vol. 1 (Milan: Edizioni San Gottardo, 1986), 27.
Dr. J. Chompret, Répertoire de la majolique italienne, vol. 2 (Milan: Edizioni San Gottardo, 1986), fig. 76, (repro.).
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