Lot 9: A POLYCHROME-GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUST OF A LAUREATE IN A FRAME OF FRUIT, VEGE

A POLYCHROME-GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUST OF A LAUREATE IN A FRAME OF FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND PINE CONES BY ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA (1435-1525), FLORENCE, CIRCA 1487-1494, THE FRAME, DELLA ROBBIA WORKSHOPS AND ASSOCIATED 16 in. (41 cm.) diameter of central bust; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) diameter of terracotta frame; 27 ⅓ in. (69.5 cm.) diameter of giltwood frame

PROVENANCE: [Almost certainly] Alfonso of Aragon (1448-1495), Duke of Calabria and later King Alfonso II of Naples and Jerusalem (1494-1495), Villa Poggioreale, Naples, circa, 1487-1494. Signor Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence, ofered Christie’s, London, 27 May, 1902, lot 511, withdrawn from the sale (with a molded frame). Signor Stefano Bardini, Florence, sold American Art Galleries, New York, 23-27 April, 1918, lot 367 (with the present frame). Jean-German-Léon, Baron Cassel van Doorn (1882-1952), New York, NY and Englewood, NJ until circa 1952. With Blumka, New York, c. 1952-1955, from whom acquired by the present Private Collector circa 1962.