Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Two Italian maiolica trefoil bowls, circa 1575-1600, probably from the Patanazzi workshop
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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 EUR
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Description
Two Italian maiolica trefoil bowls, circa 1575-1600, probably from the Patanazzi workshop
each rinfrescatoio of similar form, the trilobed bowl supported by three conjoined lion paw feet, naturalistically painted, applied with gaping satyr mask handles and moulded with straps with grotteschi ornament between beaded bands, the exteriors painted with a continuous river landscape frieze or an encampment scene, the interiors painted with a scene of fishermen in the Arno after Stradanus, or Moses striking the rock after Bernard Salomon
height 8¾in.; width 19¾in.; 22 cm; 50 cm.
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Deux bols en majolique, Italie, vers 1575-1600, probablement par l'atelier Patanazzi
height 8¾in.; width 19¾in.; 22 cm; 50 cm.
the example painted with fishermen in the Arno:
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, Property of Mrs Herbert Shipman, 22-23 November 1940, lot 303 ($200);
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, The Notable Art Collection belonging to The Estate of the Late Joseph Bummer, Part I, 22 April 1949, lot 486 ($300);
both:
Hampel Munich, 27 June 2013, lot 521.
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l'example avec les pêcheurs dans l'Arno:
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, Property of Mrs Herbert Shipman, 22-23 novembre 1940, lot 303 ($200); Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, The Notable Art Collection belonging to The Estate of the Late Joseph Bummer, Part I, 22 avril 1949, lot 486 ($300)
Hampel Munich, 27 juin 2013, lot 521.
These impressive bowls or cisterns relate in form and, in one instance, decoration to an example in the Wallace collection, see A.V.B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogue of Ceramics 1 Pottery, Maiolica, Faience, Stoneware, 1976, pp. 236-8, no. C116. The present example with fishermen in the Arno adapts two engravings after Jan van der Straet, known as Stradanus, probably from engravings by members of the Galle family and their workshop. Between 1566 and 1577 Stradanus executed preparatory drawings for a series of hunting scenes for tapestries to decorate the Medici villa at Poggio a Caiano near Florence. The scenes of hunting and fishing proved popular and were published as engravings from 1570 onwards. Stradanus began collaborating with Philips Galle whose workshop produced two series of hunting scenes which were published over several editions as Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Pugnæ Bestiariorum Et Mutuæ Bestiarum. The present bowl combines scenes of fisherman which relate to later editions in plates 96 and 97 (similarly the Wallace Collection example uses plates 94 and 96).
The scene of Moses striking the rock is after the engraving by Bernard Salomon for Quadrins Historiques De La Bible, published by Jean de Tournes in 1553. This popular graphic source for Italian and French maiolica painters was used over many years with the painters adapting the costume of the central characters whist leaving the composition essentially unchanged.