Maiolica figure group of the Virgin and Child enthroned

An image of Maiolica. Figure Group. The Virgin and Child enthroned. Unidentified Deruta potter, Umbria. The Virgin sits on a semi-circular throne with a winged cherub's head on each side at the front. She wears a long-sleeved yellow and orange striped gown and a blue cloak scattered with yellow stars. The infant Christ holding an orb sits on her right knee, and she supports a book on her left knee. The green base is decorated along the shaped front edge with three winged cherub's heads in relief. The top is inscribed in manganese `CF/PC/1676 16../S M'. The back of the throne is inscribed in blue `A.D.22D./MARZO/ 1676/.CDF./ P '. Dark buff earthenware, moulded and modelled in the round; tin-glazed on the exterior and on the hollow interior. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple. Height, whole, 38.5 cm, width, base, 18.4 cm, depth, base, 24.0 cm, dated 22 March 1676. Baroque.

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Maiolica. Figure Group. The Virgin and Child enthroned. Unidentified Deruta potter, Umbria. The Virgin sits on a semi-circular throne with a winged cherub's head on each side at the front. She wears a long-sleeved yellow and orange striped gown and a blue cloak scattered with yellow stars. The infant Christ holding an orb sits on her right knee, and she supports a book on her left knee. The green base is decorated along the shaped front edge with three winged cherub's heads in relief. The top is inscribed in manganese `CF/PC/1676 16../S M'. The back of the throne is inscribed in blue `A.D.22D./MARZO/ 1676/.CDF./ P '. Dark buff earthenware, moulded and modelled in the round; tin-glazed on the exterior and on the hollow interior. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple. Height, whole, 38.5 cm, width, base, 18.4 cm, depth, base, 24.0 cm, dated 22 March 1676. Baroque.

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Accession Number: C.2201-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 567 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 198.85kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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17th Century Artistic Movement Baby Jesus Baroque Christ Christ child Christianity Christmas Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Jesus Madonna Marian Mary Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Umbrian School Virgin Mary Virgin and Child Workflow Xmas _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd cape cherubs cloak dated earthenware enthroned female figure glazed gown infants inscribed inscriptions maiolica manganese model modelled mother mother and child moulded orb painted polychrome religion religious seated sitting stars throne tin-glazed

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