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Faith or Religion
uncertain
(Pottery)
Buff earthenware, moulded, and decorated with blue, yellow, mulberry (manganese), and transparent lead-glazes. The figure is supported on a shallow circular blue base. The saint or allegorical figure, steps forward on her left foot, looking downwards slightly towards an open book held in her left hand. Her right hand she holds a purse-like socket for the insertion of an attribute, possibly a palm, now missing. She wears a greyish-blue veil, a long dark mulberry-coloured robe and shoes, a dull yellow belt, a long blue cloak.\par
History note: Prince Pierre Soltykoff ; sold Paris, Hôtel Drouot, (Roussel, Caran and Juste) 8 April - 1 May, 1861, Objets d'art et de haute curiosité composant la célèbre collection de Prince Soltykoff, lot 635. Dr Hugh Playfair, 7 Upper Brook Street, London; sold Sotheby's, 4 May 1928, Pottery, Porcelain and Glass, Pictures and Furniture, lot 42; purchased for £27 by Mr Rochelle Thomas for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Early 17th Century
Circa
1600
CE
-
1620
1620
CE
When purchased by Glaisher the figure was described as 'a rare Palissy figure of a female Saint'. It is now thought more likely to have been made after his death at Avon, Fontainebleau. The figure might be a saint, but is also reminiscent of the representation of Religion on p. 456 of the illustrated edition of Cesare Ripa's 'Iconologia' published in Rome in 1603, although it holds a book in its left hand instead of flames signifying devotion.
Visible Surfaces: composed of lead-glaze ( clear, and coloured blue, yellow, manganese) Colourant: composed of manganese cobalt-blue Decoration:
Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, and decorated with clear, blue, yellow, and manganese glazes
Accession number: C.1811-1928
Primary reference Number: 72673
Old object number: 5022
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Figure"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72673 Accessed: 2021-12-07 20:53:29
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Accession Number: 3157
Accession Number: M.1-1885
Accession Number: M.9-1978
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