Italian Ceramics: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection

26D Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli (active in Gubbio, ca. 1465/70-1555).
Lustered armorial plate with border of foliate scrollwork, 1524.
Tin-glazed earthenware, Diam: 36.2 cm (14/4 in.). Washington, D.C.,
National Gallery of Art, Widener Collection, inv. 1942.9.331(056^.

26E Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli. Lustered armorial plate with border of

floriate scrollwork, dolphin heads, and cornucopias, 1524. Tin-glazed

earthenware, Diam: 36.2 cm (14/4 in.). Washington, D.C., National

Gallery of Art, Widener Collection, inv. 1942.9.332(C-57)DA.

have applied the polychrome decoration of the second

firing to the luster products bearing his mark.^4 Because

of this skill in lustering ceramics, the Andreoli work­

shop was apparently engaged, at least in the 1530s, to

luster the wares from Urbino and environs, possibly by

such famed artists as Francesco Xanto Avelli of Rovigo

and Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe.^5 Indeed, after adorning

the works of other masters with his luster, Andreoli of­

ten inscribed these works with his own mark.^6

This lustered plate is one of six known pieces from a

Vegerio family service, all dated to 1524. These include

two in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

(figs. 2 6 D - E);^7 one formerly in the Robert de Rothschild

collection, Paris, that sold at auction in 1995 (fig. 2 6F);^8

one in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. 1943.56)

(fig. 26G);^9 and one in the Hetjens-Museum, Diisseldorf

Lustered Armorial Plate 1 5 3