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Dish
Italian (Faenza)
Renaissance
about 1525
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Diam: 28.3cm (11 1/8in.); Height: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession Number45.218
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
This plate belongs to a table service commissioned to commemorate the marriage of Roberto Strozzi and Marietta di Simone Ridolfi.
DescriptionPainted with arms of Strozzi and Ridolfi families of Florence at center.
ProvenanceAbout 1525, Roberto Strozzi and Marietta di Simone Ridolfi, Florence [see note 1]. Baron Gustave de Rothschild (b. 1829 - d. 1911); by descent to his grandson, Baron Henri de Lambert (b. 1887 - d. 1933) and his wife, Baroness Johanna von Reininghaus de Lambert (b. 1899 - d. 1960), Brussels and New York; March 7, 1941, Baroness Lambert sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 105. 1945, Raphael Stora, New York; 1945, sold by Stora to the MFA for $450. (Accession Date: April 12, 1945)
NOTES:
[1] This belongs to a table service commissioned to commemorate their marriage; their coats-of-arms are at the center of the plate.
NOTES:
[1] This belongs to a table service commissioned to commemorate their marriage; their coats-of-arms are at the center of the plate.