Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Giovanni da Verrazzano (?)
Object Number:
1942.265[dup]
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glazed and unglazed ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 18 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 61 x 47.6 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust.
Gallery Label:
The subject is thought to be the Italian navigator who on his famous voyages of 1524-28 was the first European to observe, explore, and describe the coast of North America. No life portraits of the subject are extant or documented.
Though unsigned, the bust resembles work produced by Minghetti, a majolica factory in Bologna, Italy, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
