A Venice maiolica Istoriato plate, dated 1569, probably painted by Maestro Domenego da Venezia
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September 25, 05:46 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
painted in the well with Susanna and the Elders at a fountain in the centre of a garden, with village houses visible in the background, the border with four oval cartouches with strapwork scroll frames, each enclosing Naiads and Tritons engaged in maritime activities, separated by two grotesque masks above and two caryatids below, executed in a palette of blue, green, yellow, manganese purple, grey, and white, the reverse with concentric yellow rings and inscribed in blue 1569 / SVSANA, together with an applied paper label inscribed 1870 / Februcer / PL
24,5 cm, 9 ⅝ in. diameter
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Vieweg Collection, Braunschweig;
The Vieweg Collection Sale, Rudolph Lepke's Auction House, Berlin, 18 March 1930, lot 144;
Bohnewand Collection, Berlin;
Pandolfini, Florence, 28 October 2014, lot 57.
Otto von Folke, Majolika der Sammlung
C. Bohnewand, Pantheon 29, 1942, n. 81
Timothy Wilson, The Golden Age of Italian Maiolica, painting, Turin, 2018, note 20, p. 439
The print source derives from the illustration in Chapter XIII, depicting the stories of King David, in Les Figures de la Bible, illustrated by Pierre Vase and published in Lyon in 1564, only five years prior to the execution of this dish.
Mastro Domenico introduced several variations to the print model in order to achieve a harmonious balance between the painted scene and the circular form of the plate. The central scene with Susanna at the fountain has been repositioned to the center, while one of the elders is shown hiding to the right. The church with bell tower and garden, visible on the left of the print, has been omitted from the composition on the dish.
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