Plate depicting the Suicide of Ajax
Girolamo Lanfranco dalla Gabicce
(Italian (Pesaro), died in 1560)
dated 1541
Object PlacePesaro, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsDiameter: 27 cm.; height: 5.8 cm
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson
Accession number25.306
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1891, George Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1821 - d. 1891), London and Brownsea Island; July 8-19, 1891, posthumous Cavendish Bentinck sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 954. By 1896, Mary Rich (Mrs. Thomas O.) Richardson (d. 1924), Boston and Newport, RI [see note 1]; 1925, bequest of Mrs. T. O. Richardson to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 4, 1925)
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Mrs. Richardson to the MFA on December 30, 1896 (loan no. 2313).
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Mrs. Richardson to the MFA on December 30, 1896 (loan no. 2313).
first half of 17th century
about 1600
about 1540
about 1525
early 16th century
about 1525–30
about 1510
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