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Lot Essay
The arms are those of the Montefeltro Dukes of Urbino, and this stand must presumably have been made for Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke Guidobaldo I of Urbino (Duke from 1482 to 1508), or someone very close to him. Guidobaldo married Elisabetta Gonzaga, but had no children, so in 1504 Guidobaldo's sister's son, Francesco Maria della Rovere, was adopted as their heir. The form of the Montefeltro arms shown here were in use from 1474, the year Guidobaldo's father, Federico III (1422-1482) was created Duke of Urbino by Pope Sixtus IV, until Guidobaldo's death in 1508.
For a dish in the British Museum with the same arms, see Timothy Wilson, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (London, 1987), pp. 133-134, no. 204. For a plate in the Louvre with the same arms, see Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux (Paris, 1974), pp. 160-161, no. 526. For a later version of the della Rovere Ducal arms on an istoriato trilobed basin, see Elena Ivanova, Il secolo d'oro della maiolica, Ceramica italiana dei secoli XV-XVI dalla raccolta del Museo Statale dell'Ermitage (Milan, 2003), pp. 90-91.
The reverse with black inventory number L MON C 70 9.
The underside of this stand is illustrated at the end of the catalogue.
For a dish in the British Museum with the same arms, see Timothy Wilson, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (London, 1987), pp. 133-134, no. 204. For a plate in the Louvre with the same arms, see Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux (Paris, 1974), pp. 160-161, no. 526. For a later version of the della Rovere Ducal arms on an istoriato trilobed basin, see Elena Ivanova, Il secolo d'oro della maiolica, Ceramica italiana dei secoli XV-XVI dalla raccolta del Museo Statale dell'Ermitage (Milan, 2003), pp. 90-91.
The reverse with black inventory number L MON C 70 9.
The underside of this stand is illustrated at the end of the catalogue.