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Book Review
Italian Maiolica and Europe: Medieval, Renaissance and Later Italian Pottery in the Ashmolean Museum. By Timothy Wilson
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 254-255
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
dates:
1450-1599
media:
Maiolica / Ceramics
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
France / Italy / Netherlands / Belgium / Great Britain / Oxford
subjects:
Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Provenance / Castel Durante Maiolica / Pottery / Decorative arts / Medici Porcelain Factory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Dish with a composite head of penises, by Francesco Urbini. c.1536. Tin-glazed earthenware, possibly Gubbio. Diameter 23.2 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Article
In Botega di Maestro Guido Durantino in Urbino
05/1987 | 1010 | 129
Pages: 284-298
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Author:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
artists:
Durantino, Guido
artists:
Fontana workshop
artists:
Fontana, Orazio
artists:
Pellipario, Nicola
artists:
Nicola da Urbino
artists:
Xanto Avelli, Francesco
artists:
Franco, Battista
artists:
Gatti, Camillo
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Italy / Urbino
subjects:
Ceramics / Maiolica
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions / Workshops (Organisations)
subjects:
Castel Durante Maiolica
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dish (Group I, Cat.1), Painted with The Martyrdom of St Cecilia, by Nicola di Gabriele Sbraga da Urbino, in the Workshop of Guido Durantino, 1528, Diameter 50 cm. (Bargello, Florence). 1a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.1, Showing the Monogram of Nicola above an Inscription in His Handwriting Stating the Piece Was Made in the Workshop of 'Guido da Castello durante in Urbino 1528'.
Attributed works:
10. Dish (Group V), Painted with King Priam Receiving Helen of Troy, with a Border of Putti, Satyrs and Trophies, after a Drawing by Battista Franco. Here Attributed to Camillo Gatti. Workshop of Guido Durantino. c. 1547, Diameter 41 cm. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.10, Showing Capital Lettering Found on Some Other Pieces Attributable to Gatti.
Attributed works:
11. Dish (Group VI, Cat.37), Painted with The 1527 Siege of Rome, Workshop of Guido Durantino. c. 1550, Diameter 44 cm. (Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
11a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.11, Showing an Inscription Stating That the Piece Was Made in the Workshop of Maestro Guido Fontana.
Attributed works:
2. Plate (Group II, Cat.16), from a Service with the Arms of the Connétable Anne de Montmorency, Painted with The Wars and Troubles of the Trojans by Land and Sea, Workshop of Guido Durantino. 1535, Diameter 30 cm. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.2. The Same Handwriting Appears on the Pieces Illustrated as Figs.3, 5 and 5a.
Attributed works:
3. Plate (Group II, Cat.13), from the Montmorency Service, Painted with the Daughters of Minyas, Workshop of Guido Durantino. c. 1535, Diameter 25.5 cm. (By Courtesy of the Trustees of the Sir John Soane Museum).
Attributed works:
4. Candlestick (Group II, Cat.3), from the Montmorency Service, View of the Upper Surface of the Pedestal, Painted with Alpheus and Arethusa. Uninscribed Except for the Numeral 16 in Blue Underneath. c. 1535, Diameter 19.5 cm. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Plate (Group II, Cat.27), Painted with Apollo, Daphne and Peneus, Workshop of Guido Durantino. 1535, Diameter 26 cm. (Former Robert Strauss Collection; Photograph Courtesy of Christie's).
Attributed works:
5a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.5, Showing the Same Handwriting as That in Fig.2a.
Attributed works:
6. Dish (Group III, Cat.32), Painted with Mount Parnassus after Marcantonio Raimondi's Print after Raphael, Workshop of Guido Durantino. c. 1540, Diameter 45.3 cm. (Musée Vivenel, Compiègne).
Attributed works:
6a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.6, with a Stanza on the Theme of the Difficulty of Ascending Mount Parnassus. This Is the Only Recorded Piece Inscribed Merely with the Name of Maestro Guido Durantino, with No Reference to His Workshop.
Attributed works:
7. Plate (Group IV), Painted with the Hunting of the Calydonian Boar, by Guido Durantino's Son Orazio Fontana. Marked at the Back with Orazio's Monogram. 1544, Diameter 24.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.7, Showing Orazio Fontana's Handwriting and Monogram.
Attributed works:
8. Dish (Group IV, Cat.34), Painted with the Contest between the Muses and the Pierides, after a Print by Caraglio after il Rosso Fiorentino. Monogram of Orazio Fontana on a Rock in the Right-Hand Foreground. Workshop of Guido Durantino. 1542, Diameter 44 cm. (Formerly Schloss-Museum, Berlin, Lost in World War II).
Attributed works:
8a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.8, Showing the Handwriting of Orazio Fontana (cf. Fig.7a).
Attributed works:
9. Dish (Group V, Cat.35), Painted with the Muses and Pierides, after the Same Print as Fig.8. Here Considered Probably by Camillo Gatti. Workshop of Guido Durantino. c. 1545-50, Diameter 46cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge). Reproduced in Colour on the Front Cover.
Attributed works:
9a. Detail of the Reverse of Fig.9, Showing Handwriting Believed to Be That of Camillo Gatti, Concluding with the Statement That the Piece Was Made in Guido Durantino's Workshop.
Book Review
I tre Libri dell'Arte del Vasaio. The Three Books of the Potter's Art. By Cipriano Piccolpasso. A Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum
01/1982 | 946 | 124
Pages: 40-41
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Reviewer:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
artists:
Piccolpasso, Cipriano
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Italy
sources:
Piccolpasso, Cipriano
subjects:
Ceramics / Treatises / Artists' writings
subjects:
Castel Durante Maiolica
Reviewed Items
subjects:
I tre Libri dell'Arte del Vasaio. The Three Books of the Potter's Art. By Cipriano Piccolpasso. A Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum | author: Caiger-Smith, Alan , author: Lightbown, R. W. , author: Piccolpasso, Cipriano
Article
Battista Franco as a Designer for Maiolica
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 386-410
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Author:
Clifford, Timothy (Clifford, Timothy)
Author:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
artists:
Franco, Battista
artists:
Genga, Girolamo
artists:
Fontana, Orazio
artists:
Durantino, Guido
artists:
Fontana workshop
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Della Rovere, Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino, 1514-1574
patrons:
Farnese, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1520-1589
places:
Italy / Urbino
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio
subjects:
Italian painting
subjects:
Ceramics / Maiolica / Design
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Castel Durante Maiolica
subjects:
Classical mythology / Troy / Greek iconography
subjects:
Aeneas / Helen of Troy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Sheet of Studies Probably Connected with Decorations of the Duomo, Urbino, by Battista Franco. Pen and Brown Ink. (Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
37. Design for a Dish and Other Sketches, by Battista Franco. Pen and Brown Ink, 25.9 by 39.7 cm. (Windsor Castle). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
38. Back of Plate with Angels Holding the Instruments of the Passion. Maiolica, Urbino (Fontana Workshop); c.1545-51. (Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art).
Attributed works:
39. (Cat.4) Design for a Plate with the Reception of a Warrior by King Priam, by Battista Franco. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
40. (Cat.27) Design for a Plate with Hercules and Cacus, after Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
41. (Cat.26) Plate with Hercules and Cerberus. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
43. (Cat.3) Dish with the Rape of Helen. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65.
Attributed works:
44. (Cat.2) Dish with King Priam Seated in Council with His Sons. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65.
Attributed works:
45. (Cat.2b) Dish with King Priam Seated in Council with His Sons. Urbino (Alfonso Patanazzi Workshop); c.1580.
Attributed works:
46. (Cat.5) Design for Dish with the Reception of Helen by King Priam, after Battista Franco. 47. (Cat.5) Dish with the Reception of Helen by King Priam. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51. 48. (Cat.5a) Dish with the Reception of Helen by King Priam. Duchy of Urbino (?Pesaro); c.1560. 49. (Cat.6a) Dish with Cassandra Raving. Duchy of Urbino, lustred at Gubbio; c.1550. 50. (Cat.6, Drawing A) Design for Dish with Cassandra Raving, by Battista Franco. 51. (Cat.6) Dish with Cassandra Raving. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
52. (Cat.6, Drawing B) Drawing of Camels, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
53. (Cat.8, Drawing C) Design of Centre of Dish with Discovery of Achilles, after Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
54. (Cat.8) Dish with the Discovery of Achilles. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65.
Attributed works:
55. (Cat.8a) Dish with the Discovery of Achilles. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1570.
Attributed works:
56. (Cat.8, Drawing A) Design for Centre of Dish with the Discovery of Achilles, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
57. (Cat.8, Drawing B) Design for Dish with the Discovery of Achilles, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
58. (Cat.7) Design for Dish with ?the Greek Fleet Assembled at Aulis, after Battista Franco. 59. (Cat.9) Dish with the Greeks and Trojans Fighting Outside a Palisade. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); ?1559. 60. (Cat.9a) Cistern with Greeks and Trojans Fighting Outside a Palisade. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65. 61. (Cat.9b) Dish with the Greeks and Trojans Fighting Outside a Palisade. Urbino (Patanazzi Workshops); c.1580. 62. (Cat.10) Design for Plate with Aeneas Defending the Body of Pandarus from Diomedes, by Battista Franco. 63. (Cat.10) Plate with Aeneas Defending the Body of Pandarus from Diomedes. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
64. (Cat.11) Dish with Achilles Putting on His Armour. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65. 65. (Cat.11a) Cistern with Achilles Putting on His Armour. Urbino (Patanazzi Workshops); c.1580. 66. (Cat.11*) Design for Dish with Priam(?) Begging for the Corpse of Hector from Achilles, by Battista Franco. 67. (Cat.12) Design for Plate with the Greeks Getting into the Trojan Horse, by Battista Franco. 68. (Cat.13) Design for Plate with Trojans Dragging the Horse into Troy, by Battista Franco. 69. (Cat.14) Plate with the Greeks Battering down the Gates of Priam's Palace. Urbino (Fontana Workshops);c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
71. (Cat.15) Plate with Pyrrhus Killing Priam. Probably Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
72. (Cat.17) Design for Plate with Ascanius with a Flame Round His Head, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
73. (Cat.17) Plate with Ascanius with a Flame Round His Head. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
75. (Cat.17) Inscription on Back of Cat. No.17, Fig.73.
Attributed works:
76. (Cat.18) Plate with Troy Burning and in Ruins. Urbino (Fontana Workshops);c.1545-51.
Attributed works:
77. (Cat.19) Design for Plate with Aeneas Carrying Anchises on His Shoulders, by Battista Franco. 78. (Cat.19a) Plate with Aeneas Carrying Anchises on His Shoulders While Creusa Is Carried off. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1545-51. 79. (Cat.19 Note) Dish with Aeneas Carrying Anchises (The Centre after Raphael). Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1550. 80. (Cat.21) Design for Dish with the Madness of Hecuba, after Battista Franco. (Windsor Castle). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen. 81. (Cat.22) Dish with? the Goddess Latona Crossing the River. Urbino (Fontana Workshops);? c.1545-51. 82. (Cat.23) Dish with Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing. Urbino (Fontana Workshops); c.1560-65.
Attributed works:
83. Detail of Back of Dish Cat.22, Fig.81.
Attributed works:
84. (Cat.24) Design for Dish with Claudia Quinta Refloating the Boat, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
85. Design for Dish with Four Herdsmen in a Landscape, by Battista Franco.
Attributed works:
86. Pilgrim Flask with Four Herdsmen in a Landscape. Urbino (Fontana Workshops);c.1560-65.
Attributed works:
87. Dish with Saul and Abimelech. Duchy of Urbino, c.1570. In the Manner of Battista Franco. (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum,Brunswick).
Attributed works:
88. Dish with Marcus Curtius. Duchy of Urbino (? Pesaro); c.1555. In the Manner of Battista Franco. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen).
Western art unattributed:
42. (Cat.1) Plate with Paris and Oenone. Duchy of Urbino; c.1560.
Western art unattributed:
70. (Cat.14a) Plate with the Greeks Battering down the Gates of Priam's Palace.? Pesaro, Late Nineteenth Century.
Western art unattributed:
74. (Cat.16) Plate with Venus Restraining Aeneas from Killing Helen. Duchy of Urbino; c.1560.
Article
Italian Maiolica in the Gambier-Parry Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 144-151
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Author:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
artists:
Giovanni Battista dalle Palle
collectors and dealers:
Parry, Thomas Gambier
dates:
1450-1599
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Italy / Faenza / Florence
subjects:
Collections, Private / Ceramics / Maiolica
subjects:
Italian painting
subjects:
Deruta maiolica
subjects:
Castel Durante Maiolica
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Dish. Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration, representing one of the Magi, based on a design by Pietro Perugino. Deruta; c. 1515-20. Diameter, 40.8 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Attributed works:
54. Tondino. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with a putto and with trophies. Castel Durante, workshop of Giovanni Maria; c.1510. Diameter, 26.7 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Attributed works:
55. Tazza. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with the Crucifixion. Urbino (Fontana workshops); c.1550. Diameter, 27 cm.; height, 6.8 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Attributed works:
56. Dish. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with Moses and the Israelites escaping, while Pharoah and the Egyptians are overwhelmed by the Red Sea, Signed 'giabatista dalepale da faecia feci', and dated 1560. Verona; diameter, 29.7 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Attributed works:
A. Signature (And Date 1560) on the Dish Reproduced in Fig.56.
Western art unattributed:
47. Vase. Tin-Glazed Earthenware. Faenza, c.1500. Height, 34 cm. (Executors of the Gambier-Parry Estate.)
Western art unattributed:
48. Two-handled Jar. Tin glazed earthenware. Painted with a profile half-length of a young woman and, on the reverse, of a young man. Perhaps Castel Durante, c.1510. Height, 23 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
50. Dish. Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration, representing a Pelican in Piety. Deruta; c.1520-25. Diameter, 40.5 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
51. Tondino. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with Saint Lucia. Inscribed 'I. P.' in blue at the back. Siena; c.1510. Diameter, 23 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
52. Drug-jar (Albarello). Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with a cat. Faenza; c.1510-20. Height, 17 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
53. Dish. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with a girl's head. Castel Durante; c.1525. Diameter, 20.5 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
57. Drug-jar (Albarello). Tin-glazed earthenware, with the name of the drug inscribed on a ribbon accompanied by an eagle. Deruta, c.1510-15; height, 23.8 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)