Property from a European Collection
The "Caricature Painter," Italian, Faenza, circa 1495-1510
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February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
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25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Property from a European Collection
The "Caricature Painter"
Italian, Faenza, circa 1495-1510
Dish
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
diameter: 11 in.; 28 cm.
painted with a procession of boys and one putto holding rods, lanterns and an axe, two riding a fantastic quadruped or griffin, brick structure to the left, the background painted in dark blue, a twisted rope motif at the edge of the border, the reverse vari-coloured concentric circles.
The Courtauld Collection, London until at least 1975;
Sotheby’s London 18 March 1975, lot 35.
G. Liverani "Per il `Pittore delle caricature'" in Faenza 62, 1976, pp. 57‑60, pl. XXI;
C. Ravanelli Guidotti, “Un’opera del “Pittore delle caricature” della donazione Galeazzo Cora” in Faenza 90, 2004, pp. 18-29, pl. II (f);
G. C. Bojani, Gian Carlo, Ravanelli Guidotti, Carmen, and Fanfani, Angiolo. Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza. La donazione Galeazzo Cora. Ceramiche dal Medioevo al XIX secolo, I, Milan 1995, pp. 69 and 70, no. 38;
T. Wilson, The Golden Age of Maiolica Painting , no. 50 p. 125, n. 7.