Plate with the Triumph of Bacchus

Provenance

Oskar Hainauer [1840-1894], Berlin;[1] by inheritance to his widow, Julie Hainauer [1850-1926], Berlin; purchased 1906 with the entire Hainauer collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 17 October 1906 to William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] The dish is labelled with a Hainauer catalogue number (M72), but this is one of a handful of entries missing in the catalogue, with no apparent explanation. [2] Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series I.D, General business records, 1907-1964, reel 59, box 163, Hainauer collection sales ledger, July 1906-December 1909; copy in NGA curatorial files.

Plate with the Triumph of Bacchus

da Venezia, Domenico

c. 1560/1570

Accession Number

2015.19.4023

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions

overall (height by diameter): 4.9 × 30.5 cm (1 15/16 × 12 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)