Details
| Artist | Italian |
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| Title |
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| Date | between 1530 and 1580 |
| Medium | Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration |
| Dimensions | Overall: 15 3/4 × 11 7/8 × 7/8 inches (40 × 30.2 × 2.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler in memory of Mrs. William Clay |
| Accession Number | 61.169 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Decorative Arts S350, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Printed, on paper label, on back: FAENZA MARRIAGE TILE Late XVI Century | Beautifully painted in cobalt blue, yellow, green, and orange with a | scene in a Renaissance temple with Corinthian columns; a high priest | is solemnizing a marriage and around the bridal couple are throngs of | men and women expressing by their gestures a lively jubilation. [crossed-out] | Rare. Height 15 3/4 inches, width 12 inches Marks, on label: 47298-B Marks, on back, in red: 61.169 |
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Provenance
Achille de Clemente (Florence);
January 15, 1931, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) Achille de Clemente sale.
Whitney Warren;
by descent to Mrs. Whitney Warren;
1943, sold by (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, USA) Mrs. Whitney Warren sale, no. 531;
(French and Co., New York, New York, USA);
1961-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
January 15, 1931, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) Achille de Clemente sale.
Whitney Warren;
by descent to Mrs. Whitney Warren;
1943, sold by (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, USA) Mrs. Whitney Warren sale, no. 531;
(French and Co., New York, New York, USA);
1961-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Italian Maiolica Collected by Whitney Warren. Sales cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc. New York, 1943, no. 531.
Pryor, J. "A Gift of Maiolica Ware." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): pp. 13-16, p. 14 (ill.).
Selected Renaissance Works of Art from the Permanent Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, p. 6.
Bulletin of the DIA 87, no. 1/4: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics (2013): cat. no. 19.
Pryor, J. "A Gift of Maiolica Ware." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): pp. 13-16, p. 14 (ill.).
Selected Renaissance Works of Art from the Permanent Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, p. 6.
Bulletin of the DIA 87, no. 1/4: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics (2013): cat. no. 19.
