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The Resting Cows: C.2469-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

The Resting Cows

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Octagonal, painted on the front with a pastoral landscape with mountains in the distance and trees on the right. In the foreground there are two recumbent cows and one standing behind and to the right of them. On the extreme right there is a seated woman, and on the left a goat. The reverse is dated '1658'.

Notes

History note: Mr Rochelle Thomas, King Street, London from whom bought for £32 on 8 December 1924 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Beqiuest

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Mid
Production date: dated AD 1658

Note

The landscape is after an etching, 'The Resting Cows', by Nicholas Berchem (1620-1683)

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1658
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2469-1928
Primary reference Number: 73559
Old object number: 4475

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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