Plate with a putto playing music

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Maker

Unknown maker, southern Tuscany or northern Lazio (Italy), early 16th century

Title

Plate with a putto playing music

Date of Production

circa 1500-1510

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Diameter: 26.7 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.87

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

  • wind instruments

Provenance

Probably Medici grand-ducal collection, Florence; sold at auction, Florence, 17-20 May 1797, part of lot 100, bought by the Florentine dealer Campolini; acquired by the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in the early nineteenth century; sold at the sale of his collection at Stowe in 1848, lot 82, where it was acquired by Gambier Parry.

Exhibition History

The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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