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The Entombment of Christ
Rombaldoni, Ippolito
(Painter)
Maiolica dish on low foot, painted in polychrome with The Entombment of Christ.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse yellowish-cream, thinly and unevenly applied with trickles running across the surface. There is a fault on the front near the lower edge. Painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and brown.
Shape approximately 77. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a low foot.
The Entombment of Christ. Mary Magdalene, the Virgin, Joseph of Arimathea and St John (?) are lowering the body of Christ into the tomb. Behind them a man holds up a lantern, and in the background are a tree, a hill and sky. The centre of the back is inscribed in brownish-orange with the cursive monogram HR.
History note: Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, Bt; Christie's, 24 April 1934, Catalogue of Italian majolica, Chinese porcelain French furniture, tapestry and Eastern carpets, the property of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, Bt deceased, late of Smeaton Hepburn, East Lothian, N.B., lot 7; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 28.6 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Late 17th Century
Circa
1670
CE
-
1679
CE
The painter Ippolito Rombaldoni (1622-79) signed his name Hippolito or Hipolito Romabladoni, and signed with an HR or IR
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and brown)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse yellowish-cream, thinly and unevenly applied with trickles running across the surface. There is a fault on the front near the lower edge. Painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and brown.
Inscription present: HR in cursive monogram
Accession number: C.231-1991
Primary reference Number: 73335
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: M.7-1926
Accession Number: M.12-1933
Accession Number: M.5-1918
Accession Number: M.37
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