Plate
Francesco Xanto Avelli (c.1487 - c.1542)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1530
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
28 mm (Height); 263 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245526
Summary
Maiolica plate, painted probably by Francesco Xanto Avelli with 'Cupid and Psyche' and a river god based on a figure of Uranus in Marco Dente's engraving after Raphael of 'Venus on the Sea' (Bartsch, XIV,323). At the top right is an unidentified coat of arms (azure, three crescents, addorsed, argent). The reverse is inscribed with the subject and the date of production - 's?egnato il bel Cupido co sua Psiche. fabula' followed by a mark resembling a letter 'y' or'q'. School of Urbino; about 1530.
Provenance
From the Henry Harris Collection, Borenius, Catalogue, London, 1930, Plate XIII A, No. 40. While in the Harris Collection the plate was exhibited at the Burlington House, 'Exhibition of Italian Art', 1930, case 450 O. The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Majolica stored in the basement, page 96.
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on reverse: Sdegnato il bel Cupido / co sua Psiche. / fabula / followed by a mark resembling a letter 'y' or'q'.
Makers and roles
Francesco Xanto Avelli (c.1487 - c.1542), artist