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Maiolica Dish with Arms of the Altoviti and Soderini Families
Maiolica Dish with Arms of the Altoviti and Soderini Families

Maiolica Dish with Arms of the Altoviti and Soderini Families

Artist/Maker (Italian, Faenza, established early 16th century)
Date1524
MediumGlazed earthenware
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 9 3/4 in. (2.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineCharles F. Olney Fund
Object number1948.5
Status
On view
ProvenanceJohann Gottfried August Zeiss [1785-1849], Weimar, Germany; Mrs. Best, London; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 March, 1920, lot 50).¹ Mortimer L. Schiff [1877-1931], New York, by 1927; (his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 4, 1946, lot 5);² (purchased 1946 by French and Co., New York); purchased 1948 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹ Found in "Catalogue of valuable works of art comprising important bronzes, statuary, majolica and furniture of the Italian Renaissance; German wood-carvings; Oriental rugs, etc. the Property of Mrs. Best (formerly known as the Zeiss Collection)..." as "Faenza Dish." ² Found in "The Magnificent Collection of Italian Majolica formed by the Late Mortimer L. Schiff" as "Faenza Casa Pirota Armorial Plate." A Note suggests that the plate was "executed for Fiammetta, daughter of Tommaso Soderini and wife of Bindi di Antonia Altoviti."Exhibition History
The Renaissance Image of Man and the World
  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (October 27, 1961 - November 27, 1961 )
Italian Maiolica from Midwestern Collections
  • Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (September 4, 1977 - October 8, 1977 )
The Object Revisited: Four Centuries of European and American Decorative Arts
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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