Property from a European Collection
Possibly the 'Negroponte Painter,’ Italian, Castel Durante, in the workshop of the Picchi Brothers, circa 1550
Istoriato Dish
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February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Property from a European Collection
Possibly the 'Negroponte Painter’
Italian, Castel Durante, in the workshop of the Picchi Brothers, circa 1550
Istoriato Dish
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
diameter: 9 ¼ in.; 23.5 cm.
depicting Alexander the Great commanding that the works of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles. The reverse inscribed Alisandro Magnio and with various collection labels, one explaining the subject matter and others denoting inventory numbers and the number ‘102’ scratched into the glaze, indicating that this was a 19th century addition to the Fountaine collection.
The Fountaine Collection, Narford Hall, Norfolk, probably acquired post-1835 by Andrew Fountaine IV (1808-73), inv. no. I:102;
Christie's London, The Celebrated Fountaine Collection of Majolica, 17 June 1884, lot 191 (£ 18.18s to J. Rhodes);
Guy G. Hannaford;
His Sale, Sotheby's London, 17 October 1969, lot 95.
A. Moore, "The Fountaine Collection of Maiolica," in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 130, no. 1023, June 1988, p. 445.