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Panel with the Virgin with Saints Roch and Sebastian

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An image of Panel. The Virgin with Saints Roch and Sebastian. Unknown, perhaps The Veneto. Almost square with cut lower corners and a rectangular, scrolled protrusion at the top, with lateral rings and a hole for suspension. A half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in her arms, with below, a pedestal inscribed 'AVE.REGINA CELORVM' (Hail Queen of the Heavens), and above, seven angels, of whom two hold a crown over her head and four blow trumpets. St Roch stands on the right hand and St Sebastian on the left. The small panel at the top contains three dancing putti. Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze. Height, whole, 33.7 cm, width, whole, 27.8 cm, depth, whole, 1.7 cm, circa 1500-1510. Renaissance.

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Panel. The Virgin with Saints Roch and Sebastian. Unknown, perhaps The Veneto. Almost square with cut lower corners and a rectangular, scrolled protrusion at the top, with lateral rings and a hole for suspension. A half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in her arms, with below, a pedestal inscribed 'AVE.REGINA CELORVM' (Hail Queen of the Heavens), and above, seven angels, of whom two hold a crown over her head and four blow trumpets. St Roch stands on the right hand and St Sebastian on the left. The small panel at the top contains three dancing putti. Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze. Height, whole, 33.7 cm, width, whole, 27.8 cm, depth, whole, 1.7 cm, circa 1500-1510. Renaissance.

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  • Accession Number: EC.1-1938
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 794 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 858.99kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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