26H Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli. Lustered armorial plate with border
of foliate scrollwork and trophies, 1524. Tin-glazed earthenware,
Diam: 27 cm (ios/s in.). Diisseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, inv. 38/67.
Notes- Vigerius 1507, frontispiece.
- Mattei and Cecchetti 1995, 43-45; for further documentary information
regarding the artist see Fiocco and Gherardi 1995, 256-61. - Liverani i960, 46.
- For a presentation of the various hypotheses see Mattei and Cecchetti
1995, 132-34- - See Wilson in National Gallery 1993, 171.
- For work of these and other artists bearing Giorgio Andreoli's luster see
Fiocco and Gherardi 1998, 32-44. A plate in the Petit Palais, Paris, pro
vides at least one example of a work that was not only lustered but also
painted by Andreoli or someone in his workshop; this piece is signed in
unlustered blue (Join-Dieterle 1984, 172-73, no. 54). - Widener Collection, inv. 1942.9.331-32,- Wilson in National Gallery
1993. 173-76. - Ballardini 1933, 1: no. 146; sold at Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 28,
1995, lot 181, to Alain Moatti, Paris. - Inscribed W or M on the rim: Molinier 1892, 4: no. 160 bis,- Rackham
1916, 2: no. 807,- Ballardini 1933, 1: no. 147; Rothenstein 1944, 205,
pi. B; William M. Milliken, "Italian Majolica," Bulletin of the Cleve
land Museum of Art 31 (January 1944): n right. - Formerly in the museum at Treves; Rothenstein 1944, 205, pi. A; Klein
1980, 133, fig. 140. - Information on this family is meager. Details about certain Vegerio fam
ily members are available in Baldassare and Bruno 1981, 246-49, s.v.
"Vegerio" (I am endebted to Guido Farris for bringing this source to my
attention); Moroni i860, 97-98; D. R. Campbell in New Catholic Ency
clopedia, s.v. "Vigerio."
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