Plate depicting Saint Jerome in the wilderness

about 1525–30

Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with metallic luster decoration

DimensionsDiam: 40.6cm (16in.); Height 8.3 cm (3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift in memory of Dr. Georg Swarzenski

Accession number57.706

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ClassificationsCeramics

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InscriptionsInscribed on underside of foot: S. Jeronimo.ProvenanceComte Gustave de Reiset (b. 1821 - d. 1905), Chateau Breuil-Benoit, near Dreux, France; January 30 - February 3, 1922, posthumous Comte de Reiset sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 163, to Jacques Seligmann et Fils, Paris (stock no. 12437); 1931, consigned to Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York (stock nos. 5153 and 7510) [see note]; 1957, gift of Germain Seligman (b. 1893 - d. 1978), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 14, 1957)

NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Records, Paris Stock Catalogs, ca. 1924-1930, Box 288, folder 6; and New York Stock Catalogs, Inventory nos. 4945-5500, 1933-1934, Box 281, folder 9. The plate was shipped to New York on September 19, 1931, and was first offered to Georg Swarzenski of the MFA in December, 1944. Stock Catalogs, 1950-1954, Box 283, folder 4, show the plate again with the New York gallery about 1954. Germain Seligman directed the New York office of the firm.