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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Painter:
Unknown
(Probably)
Engraver:
Caraglio, Giovanni Giacomo
(After)
Painter:
Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola)
(After)
Renaissance maiolica panel, painted in poychrome with The Adoration of the Shepherds.
Panel. Earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white.
Rectangular.
The infant Christ lies on a mound in the middle, supported by St Anne (?). The Virgin kneels to the right of him and Joseph sits beside a tall rock and a tree. To the left, one shepherd kneels with a hound and three stand beside him adoring the Child. Behind the group there is a bearded man, two oxen and a ruined arch. Two more standing shepherds and one seated playing a pipe to his sheep are in the landscape background.
History note: Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 19 July 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, lot 288; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Depth: 1.0 cm
Length: 25.8 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1535
CE
-
1540
CE
The grouping of the shepherds and the position of the baby Christ suggests that the painter was familiar with The Adoration of the Shepherds, engraved by G.G. Caraglio after Parmigianino.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white.
Inscription present: oval with gold border
Accession number: C.208-1991
Primary reference Number: 73085
Packing number: EURCER 881
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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