Maiolica Basin
Flaminio Fontana
- Art Funded
- 2001
- Dimensions
- 47 cm
- Vendor
- Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd
Basin with four scenes from Roman history after designs by Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro, Urbino.
The basin has a shallow three-lobed shape and the background incorporates grotesque motifs. The base is decorated with a swan design.
Provenance
By 1862, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, London; Frederic Spitzer, Paris; 1893 Harding, London; early 1960s Cyril Humphris, London; 1969 private collection.