Casteldurante, workshop of Andrea da Negroponte, attributed, c. 1540.

Bowl with wide rim. Depicting the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, two figures witnessing the event within a river landscape with a city view in the background.

D 27.5 cm. Restored, hairline crack.

Provenance:
- Christie's Interiors, Masters & Makers, 1 October 2013, Lot 344.
- Important private collection of an Italian aristocrat.

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The region of the marks is with the production sites of Urbino, Casteldurante and Pesaro, one of the maiolica strongholds in the Renaissance. A bowl signed "Andrea da Negroponte" depicting the contest between Apollo and Marsyas is today located in Arezzo (Museo Medioevale e Moderno, Inv. No. 14614). Due to stylistic similarities of the recurring handwriting, a large number of maiolica pieces - partly dated - in public collections can be attributed to him. Cf. Wallace Collection London, Victoria & Albert Museum London, Musei Civici Pesaro and Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweg (see J. Lessmann, Italienische Majolika, Braunschweig 1979, p. 148, cat.102-121).