Provenance
(Duveen Brothers); purchased February 1912 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
Plate with Venus in her chariot and Cupid, riding through a night sky
c. 1530/1535
Accession Number
1942.9.336
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 25.8 cm (10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art
Credit Line
Widener Collection
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