Plate with a putto playing music
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
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.87
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
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, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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