The Adoration of the Shepherds: M.9-1981

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Titles

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Tissenaken, Tobias

Entities

Relief

Description

Alabaster relief, carved and decorated with gilding. Ebonized wood frame with gilt ribbon moulding on inner edge.

Notes

History note: Miss Phyllis M. Cook by 1945. From the collection of the donor's father, Professor A. B. Cook (1868-1952)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Miss Phyllis M. Cook

Place(s) associated

Malines ⪼ Flanders

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1980) by Cook, Phyllis M.

Dating

17th Century, Early#
Circa 1600 CE - Circa 1630 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Frame composed of ebonized wood Height 27.5 cm Width 23.8 cm
Decoration composed of gilt
Alabaster Height 15.6 cm Width 12 cm

Materials used in production

Alabaster

Techniques used in production

Carving : Alabaster, carved in relief and gilded

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: signed TT with a 4 or merchant's mark between and a circle on an upright post after

Text: TT
Type: Signature

Text: 'Jane Andrew' and 'Phyllis Cook 1945'
Location: On the back
Method of creation: In black ink
Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular label, partially torn off

Text: Jane....Andrew
Method of creation: Printed in black
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Exposition de Sculptures anglaises et malinoises d'Albâtre page(s): p. 51
Moving Sculptures. Southern Netherlandish Alabasters from the 16th to 17th Centuries in Central and Northern Europe page(s): 122-3

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.9-1981
Primary reference Number: 31329
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_9_1981
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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