About This Artwork

Italian, Castelli

Plate with (Effaced) Arms of an Ecclesiastical Patron, c. 1575/1600

Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome enamels and gilding
Diameter: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Alvin E. Bastien through the Antiquarian Society, 1947.377

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1976), p. 152, no. 179 (as French, 18th century).

The Antiquarian Society, The First One Hundred Years (Chicago, 1977), pp. 66-67, no. 72 (as French, 18th century).

Ownership History

Possibly made for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, some pieces of which are dated 1574 [Suggestion by Timothy Wilson, in letter dated 11 January, 1997, copied in curatorial file. However, this claim is impossible to verify since the arms are effaced]. Mrs. Alvin E. Bastien (c/o A. Starr Best), Chicago, by 1947; given to the museum as a gift through the Antiquarian Society [according to receipt in Registrar's file].