Plate with a female saint
Broad rimmed plate with a female saint

Maker

Italy (Faenza, Ferrara or Siena) early 16th century (ceramicist)
1500-1525

Title

Plate with a female saint
Broad rimmed plate with a female saint

Date of Production

c. 1510-20

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Diameter: 22.9 cm
Height: 5.5 cm

Accession Number

O.1966.GP.71

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords




Label Text

This plate is part of a series of dishes featuring saints. The central figure is possibly a Spanish martyr, Saint Lucretia. She was the namesake of Lucrezia Borgia, the Spanish wife of the ruler of Ferrara in northern Italy.

The Victorian collector Thomas Gambier Parry believed the plate showed Saint Lucia and may have purchased it in remembrance of his daughter Lucy who died several years earlier.

Provenance

Joseph Marryat; his sale: Catalogue of the... Collection of Works of Art formed... by Joseph Marryat, Esq. Christie's, London, 9-19 February 1867. Sold 18th February, lot 847 to Whitehead (with lot 846, from same set); presumably acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry from Whitehead in 1867

Exhibition History

Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance, British Museum, London, 07/05/1987-20/09/1987

Inscriptions

Inscription: .I.P.

Inscription: inscription : : reverse : : I. P.

Label: 71

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