Object details
Accession number
C16n11
Primary Creator
Italian, Urbino
Full title
Plate: The Nativity
Creation Date
about 1500-1550
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 13 April 1895 for 215 lire, lot 300.
Dimensions
23 x 23.2 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Galleria Sangiorgi. Collection de Tableaux et d'Objets d'Art qui Seront Vendus Pour le Compte de la Banque Populaire et Caisse d'Epargne de Gènes... (Rome, 6-11 April 1895), p. 44, lot 300. (entitled "Plat creux...l'Adoration des Bergers"; as Urbino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 118. (as School of Urbino, first half of the 16th century)
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