Broad-rimmed bowl with Neptune raping Theophane; arms of Pucci with an "ombrellino"

Francesco Xanto Avelli1532

Details

Title: Broad-rimmed bowl with Neptune raping Theophane; arms of Pucci with an "ombrellino"
Creator: Francesco Xanto Avelli
Date Created: 1532
Physical Dimensions: overall (diameter): 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Provenance: Count Ferdinando Pasolini dall'Onda, Faenza, in 1852.[1] Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased February 1910 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942. [1] Luigi Frati, _Del Museo Pasolini in Faenza_ (Bologna, 1852), 15, no. 54. This piece has not been identified, however, in the catalogue of the sale at which much of the Pasolini collection was dispersed: _Catalogue d'une belle collection de majoliques italiennes..._, Paris, 13-15 December 1853.
Rights: CC0
Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

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