15929965600001312637261000Standard Recordobject-48211170292702955617029084900001702926926345fitz-onlineadlib-object-48211https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/482115b32d169-52bf-3848-bc42-944a190ecb6a11referenceagent-156483adlib-agent-156483e262f2ef-557a-3316-bf14-746835ccfe36Whewell, Williamreferenceagent-182335adlib-agent-182335e205e492-1a83-3d90-9946-5e81bb047cacBumpstead, Drpersonreferenceagent-150792adlib-agent-15079286adf8da-b7e5-3cee-b2b4-6ad462a8e894Judithpersonreferenceagent-153244adlib-agent-153244daf23728-c7aa-30e8-9fe7-1142cd02c126Holofernesreferenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42865adlib-term-4286592be1d50-bb1c-3472-950f-b140ee6cdde9maiolicareferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherwhite, blue, yellow, brownish-yellow, brown, manganese-purple and redreferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazeDecorationwith coloured glazesreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingDepthcm21.5BaseWidthcm28Base At FrontFigurespale buff terracotta, tin-glazed on all surfaces except the back of the pedestal and interior, which is hollow. Glaze colours are blue, yellow, brownish-yellow, brown, manganese-purple and red.in parts and assembledreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-23385adlib-term-233854c17df77-7d4e-32bf-8ec9-921b71d218a2religionApplied Artspale buff terracotta, decorated with coloured tin-glazesPale buff terracotta, tin-glazed on all surfaces except the back of the pedestal and interior, which is hollow. Glaze colours are blue, yellow, brownish-yellow, brown, manganese-purple and red.
Judith stands on a rectangular pedestal, moulded in relief with an acanthus leaf on each front corner and with a frieze of figures across the front. Her weight is on her right foot and she rests her left on the torso of Holofernes, whose left shoulder and arm project over the edge of the pedestal. Judith holds his decapitated head by its hair in her left hand; her right arm is raised, the hand grasping a sword hilt (the blade missing). She has long hair, waist length at the back, falling in ringlets over her shoulders at the side. She wears a long gown with elbow-length sleeves, and a full-skirted, sleeveless tunic, fastened by a belt and doubled up over her hips. She has sandals, a bead armlet on each arm and a small tiara or frontlet.
The pedestal is yellow with a purple top. Judith's hair is brownish-yellow. Her gown is white with a yellow hem. Her over-gown is blue with yellow ornament round the neck, a yellow belt and hem. Her sandals are purple, her tiara, armlets and sword hilt yellow. Her flesh is tinted slightly pink and her features are delineated in manganese. Holofernes' torso is greyish-white; the edge of his neck is red, his hair and beard brown and his features manganese.C.2170-19281accession numberC.2170-192848211priref48211old object number4674urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48211https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48211rectangular with blue printed borderinscribed in black ink in J.W.L. Glaisher's hand4674/...labelcircular white paper labelprinted in black and hand-written in black ink'.J.W.L. GLAISHER./COLLECTION' printed in a circle around '4674' in black inklabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathed18001800CE1800circa18001860see production notes11860CE18601860probablyworkshopreferenceagent-159102adlib-agent-159102eb63d021-f963-35f4-aae7-31c18b9036afUnidentifiedafterworkshopreferenceagent-35506adlib-agent-3550696e5f49c-1ec6-3f34-b799-3b11533c41b7Della Robbia, GiovanniThe story of how Judith, a virtuous widow, saved the Israelites from defeat by the Assyrians by decapitating their general, Holofernes, while he slept in a drunken supor, is described in the Apocryphal Book of Judith XIII, 7-8. In art, the theme symbolized the triumph of humility over pride and vice, and we well known to Florentines through Donatello's bronze in the Piazza della Signoria.The tin-glazed terracotta group of Judith was attributed to Giovanni Della Robbia (1469-1529/3- by Marquand (1920), and this opinion was upheld by Gentilini (nd 1992). Nine examples, excluding the Fitzwilliam/s have been recorded with their present locations by Tscermak von Seysenegg (1986 and 1989). Each model differs in some respects from the others. Rackham (1935) dated this example to about 1525 but it was probably made in the mid-19th century, The revised dating follows thermoluminescence analysis by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford (sample 581m28 taken 8 October 1993, report dated 19 November 1993) which estimated that the material of the sample was last fired less than 200 years ago, i.e. after 1793. It is not known when Whewell purchased it or whether it belonged to one of his two wives, but given his date of death in 1866 it must have been made before the 1860s.referenceterm-114523adlib-term-114523435b2a3c-ff47-31ed-bed3-17b95d739d0a19th Century, first half#referenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-106508adlib-term-106508f7f1399b-d092-3a3d-8f96-c3aee3ad8fd5literalItalyItalycountryliteralTuscanyTuscanyregionFlorencepale buffreferenceterm-33162adlib-term-331626f1730c6-1049-36b9-80ae-d22bc9d2254cterracottaHeightcm62referencemedia-205413adlib-media-20541301859d2b-331a-37f4-ad4b-75db7f1d79c4jpegaa/aa37/C_2170_1928_1_201702_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1025widthpixels73417029265378711imagejpegaa/aa37/mid_C_2170_1928_1_201702_dc2.jpg1heightpixels698widthpixels50017029265378711imagejpegaa/aa37/C_2170_1928_1_201702_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1025widthpixels73417029265378711imagejpegaa/aa37/preview_C_2170_1928_1_201702_dc2.jpg1heightpixels349widthpixels25017029265378711image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteDr William Whewell D.D. (1794-1866), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; Dr Bampstead, Leighton, Trumpington Road, Cambridge; sold on the premises, 14-17th August, 1917, his sale lot 20; sold for £1 to Mr Jolley of Cambridge, by whom sold for £4.10s. on 6 October 1917 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridgereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. I, p. 282, no. 2170, II, pl. 162. Attributed to Giovanni Della Robbia and dated to about 1525.p. 282referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeRef. and cf. p. 212, illustrated p. 211, fig. 153. H. 50 cm (the base is much higher than the Fitzwilliam's). This example, formerly in the Bardini collection is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (inv. no. 46.839)212referencepublication-5655adlib-publication-56553558a7cd-de86-3c23-8c3b-5c5179cb5ca4Giovanni della RobbiaRef. and cf. pp. 30-1, pls. 3-5 which include the torso of Holofernes. p. 30, pl. 3 in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Köpenick, Berlin (inv. no. Kh 9). p. 30, pl. 4, Bardini Museum, Florence. p. 31 pl. 5 Galerie Bellini, Florence. p. 32-3, pl. 7and detail, an example without the torso, with right hand and sword restored, then in a private collection in Stuttgart, and in 2009 with a London dealer.27-36referencepublication-200002267adlib-publication-2000022678374d736-a735-3fdc-998f-baa264cd957eDie Judith von Giovanni della RobbiaRef. and cf. p. 67, pl. 1, an example at Schloss Pillnitz, near Dresden (Inv. no. 43518). This model differs considerably from the Fitzwilliam's. It has slashes cut in Judith's gown so that they reveal the front of her legs, and it does not have the torso of Holofernes at her feet. see also Richeter, 2008.67referencepublication-200002268adlib-publication-2000022687a50e1c8-c037-32a3-b41b-b9fae5f7c3c3Nochmals: Die Judith von Giovanni della Robbia, eine weiter Replik in DresdenCf. p. 86, no. 36, attributed to the Della Robbia workshop, first half of 16th century. This is the model at Schloss Pillnitz, near Dresden.86referencepublication-6261adlib-publication-6261445cc21f-ed97-3c1d-acba-fce0d4f1733cGötter, Helden und Grotesken, Das Goldene Zeitalter der MajolikaCf. pp. 559-63, lot 725, h. 62.5 cm. attributed probably to Giovanni della Robbia, c. 1510-20. Estimate £35-52,000.E. 40-60,000. Provenance not given. This is the same model as the Fitzwilliam's.559-63referencepublication-6431adlib-publication-643133b5e1a9-43d8-3747-bc67-a541758ebd9eCollection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Sculptures, Objets d'Art, Art d'Asie, Archéologie et Mobilierreferencepublication-3449adlib-publication-344992060a5e-9ba4-339c-b435-3f3a3655f1c1I Della Robbia. La scultura invetriata nel RinascimentoCf. pp. 132-3, no. VI.3, David holding the head of Goliath, a small sculpture, attributed to Giovanni Della Robbia, in the Musée des Antiquités, Rouen.132-3referencepublication-7961adlib-publication-79610aede0a3-08ec-3ce8-b94e-2b2c51ed14c6Les Della Robbia, Sculptures en terre cuite émaillée de la Renaissance italienneCf. p. 259, no. 201, the figure referred to in Tschermak von Seysenegg, 1986, no. 7, figs. 7-8259referencepublication-8690adlib-publication-86906c898b25-0124-3022-9df0-9c0fdb371644L’Italia del Rinascimento. Lo splendore della maiolicareferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissanceobject namereferenceterm-42208adlib-term-4220856bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93swordplantreferenceterm-4749adlib-term-4749134828f6-5031-3e4b-a59b-ab4a880538d6acanthusliteralswordswordliteralacanthusacanthusreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupJudith and Holofernesobject
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