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The Virgin and Child enthroned
Unidentified Deruta potter
(Maker)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome.
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.
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 '.
History note: Tregaskis, Oxford Street, London, from whom purchased about 1897 for £8 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 38.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century
Production date:
dated
AD 1676-03-22
: dated 22 March 1676
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue, green, yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Depth 24.0 cm
Width 18.4 cm
Moulding : 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.
Accession number: C.2201-1928
Primary reference Number: 79072
Old object number: 1249
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: MAR.M.256-1912
Accession Number: 3087
Accession Number: M.2
Accession Number: M.14-1950
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