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Wall panel: C.2544-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft Pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue

Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The panel is oval with a raised border. The flat central area is painted with Christ seated in a boat being rowed by a woman on a Dutch waterway. Below, is an inscription from St Paul's Epistle to the Philippians: 'Een ding doe [ik] vergetende 't gene dat achter is, ende strekkende my tot het gene dat voren is, jage ik na het wit tot den prijs der roepinge Gods, die van boven is in Christo Jesu. Phile. 3.14'. On the upper edge of the rim are the words, 'De Ziele gestadig tegen den Stroom der Sonden oproeyende' (The Soul steadily rowing against the Stream of Sin). There is a floral border below it.

Notes

History note: Van Meerten collection; sold Delft, 26-28 August 1902, 'Collection Van Meeten à Delft', first day, lot, 179; bought for gulden 44, plus 10 per cent commission ( £4.0.0.) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 23 cm
Width: 17.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, first half
Circa 1700 CE - 1750 CE

Note

Said in the sale catalogue to be after an etching by Jan Luykens (1649-1712) ('Le sujet représente: l’âme dévote dans une barque avec le Christ………Le dessin de cette jolie placque est pris d’aprés une eau-forte de Jan Luyken.’)

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Holes

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Een ding doe [ik] vergetende 't gene dat achter is, ende strekkende my tot het gene dat voren is, jage ik na het wit tot den prijs der roepinge Gods, die van boven is in Christo Jesu. Phile. 3.14'
  • Location: On front below scene
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: De Ziele gestadig tegen den Stroom der Sonden oproeyende'
  • Location: On top outer edge
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2544-1928
Primary reference Number: 73691
Old object number: 1338

Audit data

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

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

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