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The Assumption of the Virgin
Probably
Unknown
(Maker)
Dark buff earthenware, moulded in relief, incised, and painted in green under lead-glaze. Mandorla-shaped, with a scrolled rectangular panel at the bottom, and two holes for suspension at the top. The crowned Virgin stands with her hands together surrounded by fourteen cherubs'heads with wings. The panel below is incised with the letters 'R.M.C.'
History note: Probably Marcioni-Lucatelli collection; Sotheby's, 17 February 1914, lot 261; sold to Wilde. Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 43 cm
Width: 24 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 17th or early 18th century
Circa
1680
CE
-
1720
CE
According to Reggi, see Documentation, this Assumption was inspired by a wood sculpture of 1514 by Gaspare Cibelli in the Duomo at Carpi. Another possible source was a bronze plaquette attributed to a Master Alivse, which mayh have inspired maiolica panels made in the eighteenth century at Imola.
Decoration composed of oxide colour ( green) Front composed of lead-glaze
dark buff Earthenware
Moulding : Dark buff earthenware, moulded in relief, incised, and painted in green under lead-glaze
Accession number: C.1790-1928
Primary reference Number: 72616
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"The Assumption of the Virgin"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72616 Accessed: 2022-07-05 19:52:44
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Accession Number: M.8 & A-1943
Accession Number: Marlay cutting It. 77c
Accession Number: 3053
Accession Number: MS 199.1
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