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Maiolica by workshop

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: bowl   
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Classification Terms:
          decorative arts
          ceramics
          European art
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Titles or Names Text: Broad-Rimmed Bowl
    Preference: preferred
Text: Broad-Rimmed Bowl with Palmette, Cornucopia Border, and Arms of the Saracinelli of Orvieto
    Preference: alternate
    Type: repository
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Creation Creator Description: workshop of Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, ca. 1465/1470-1555) Free text
Qualifier: workshop of
Identity:
Andreoli, Giorgio
Roles: ceramicist
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  Creation Date: ca. 1525/1528
Earliest: 1520 Latest: 1533
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  Creation Place/Original Location: Orvieto (Umbria, Italia) Authority
Style/Period/ Group/Movement Indexing Term: Renaissance Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 23.6 cm (diameter) (9 1/4 inches) Free text
  Value: 23.6 Unit: cm Type: diameter Controlled list and controlled format
Materials and Techniques Description: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) Free text
  Material Name:  terracotta
Technique Name: maiolica
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Condition/ Examination History Description: Earthenware, covered front and back with a white tin glaze of slightly pinkish tone. The painting is in blue, green, yellow, brown, and white, with golden and reddish luster. There are four kiln-spur marks on the front near the edge, and a kiln scar on the back. The inner and outer edges of the rim are chipped, and there is some scratching of the glaze. Free text
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
         object (utilitarian)
         palmettes
         cornucopia
         Saracinelli family
         coat-of-arms
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Descriptive Note Text: Broad-rimmed bowl with palmette and cornucopia border; in the center, shield of arms of the Saracinelli of Orvieto. Probably painted and lustered in the workshop of Giorgio Andreaoli. Free text
  Citation: National Gallery of Art online
Page: 21 July 2004
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number: 1942.9.329
Gallery/Shelf: West Ground Floor Gallery 10
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Ownership/ Collecting History Description: Maurice Kann, Paris; (Duveen Brothers), 1908, as part of the Kann collection; purchased February 1910 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942. Free text
Exhibition/Loan History Description: Sixteenth-Century Italian Maiolica; Selections from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection and the National Gallery of Art's Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States). 1982-1983. Free text
Revised 25 September 2006