Plate: The Nativity
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1500-1550
Place MadeUrbino, Marches, Italy, Europe
MediumMaiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Dimensions23 x 23.2 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC16n11
eMuseum ID727166
EmbARK ObjectID11761
TMS Source ID933
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGalleria Sangiorgi. Collection de Tableaux et d'Objets d'Art qui Seront Vendus Pour le Compte de la Banque Populaire et Caisse d'Epargne de Gènes... (Rome, 6-11 April 1895), p. 44, lot 300. (entitled "Plat creux...l'Adoration des Bergers"; as Urbino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 118. (as School of Urbino, first half of the 16th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 118. (as School of Urbino, first half of the 16th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 13 April 1895 for 215 lire, lot 300.
