Plate with Venus in her chariot and Cupid, riding through a night sky

Provenance

(Duveen Brothers); purchased February 1912 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.

Plate with Venus in her chariot and Cupid, riding through a night sky

Andreoli of Gubbio, Giorgio, Maestro

c. 1530/1535

Accession Number

1942.9.336

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 25.8 cm (10 3/16 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection