PAIRE D'ALBARELLI
PAIRE D'ALBARELLI
Cylindrical pair of ALBARELLI on a majolica pedestal with polychrome decoration of a sovereign on a throne between two putti in a landscape surmounting the inscription LOC D PINO on both sides V. SANDOLINO.
Workshop of Orazio Fontana.
Italy, Urbino, 16th century, c. 1565-1570.
Height. 23.5 cm.
(an original enamelled depressed belly, metal strapping, restorations to collars and feet)
These albarelli are part of a set commissioned by Guidobaldo II in Grazia Fontana for the ducal pharmacy of the palace of Urbino and given by his successor Fransceco Maria II to the Santa Casa de Loreto in Urbino and then mentioned in an inventory in 1608.
For an albarello of the same decoration with a different inscription see the Tajan sale, 16 April 2019, lot 16 or Pandolfini, 17 April 2019, lot 42. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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PAIRE D'ALBARELLI
Cylindrical pair of ALBARELLI on a majolica pedestal with polychrome decoration of a sovereign on a throne between two putti in a landscape surmounting the inscription LOC D PINO on both sides V. SANDOLINO.
Workshop of Orazio Fontana.
Italy, Urbino, 16th century, c. 1565-1570.
Height. 23.5 cm.
(an original enamelled depressed belly, metal strapping, restorations to collars and feet)
These albarelli are part of a set commissioned by Guidobaldo II in Grazia Fontana for the ducal pharmacy of the palace of Urbino and given by his successor Fransceco Maria II to the Santa Casa de Loreto in Urbino and then mentioned in an inventory in 1608.
For an albarello of the same decoration with a different inscription see the Tajan sale, 16 April 2019, lot 16 or Pandolfini, 17 April 2019, lot 42. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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