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An Urbino maiolica istoriato dish, possibly the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), dated 1541 image 1
An Urbino maiolica istoriato dish, possibly the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), dated 1541 image 2
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An Urbino maiolica istoriato dish, possibly the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), dated 1541

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Urbino maiolica istoriato dish, possibly the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), dated 1541

Painted with a classical scene of Diana and her nymphs at their bath, inscribed in black on the reverse 'diana con le soi ni ninfe 1541', 28.2cm diam. (crack to rim)

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Provenance:
Purchased in 1972 from Nicolier, Paris

Guido Durantino, originally from Castel Durante, was known to have run one of the largest maiolica workshops in Urbino employing many of the best painters in the city, especially for istoriato. By 1541 he and his son had adopted the surname "Fontana". For further details and further pieces attributed to the workshop, see T. Wilson, Maiolica, Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016), nos. 63, 67 and 68.

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