Search Request | Object report
Lustre Dish with Naiades
Lost Art-ID
311224
Artist
Avelli, Francesco Xanto
Birth
1486/1487?, Rovigo (?)
Death
1542?
Place of activity
Urbino, Faenza (?)
First mentioned
1520/1525
Title
Lustre Dish with Naiades
Datierung
1532 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Height
25.90 cm
Inventory number
Auktionskatalog London 1939, Kat.Nr. 274
Description
A FINE GUBBIO LUSTRE DISH, painted by Fra. Xanto Avelli, with the Naiades being turned into islands (Echinades) taken from Ovid, Met. VIII, v. 576-588, in rich blue, green, orange and yellow, typical rocks and a distant view of a city finely lustred, the back with lustre scrolls and inscription " 1532. Echinade gia nimphe, hoi scogli i mare. Nel IX L. Ovidio met " and below the signature "fra : Xato • A ? da • Rovigo ? i Urbino ", circa 1532
Verlustgeschichte
München, 1938
Die Sammlung (ca. 440 Werke) wurde 1938 in München anläßlich der "Reichskristallnacht" durch die SS beschlagnahmt und 1939 (7./8.06 und 19./20.07.) in London bei Sotheby´s versteigert.
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
Permalink to this page