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God creating Adam: C.214-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

God creating Adam

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)
Woodcutter: Salomon, Bernard

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Description

Renaissance maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with God creating Adam.

Dish. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse thinly applied and tinged with green in four places; three spur marks on the front of the rim. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white.
Shape 59. Circular with sloping rim and deep well, standing on a footring.
God creating Adam. God, wearing a crown, a long gown and a billowing cloak, stands on the right holding out his right arm towards Adam who lies on the ground on the left. In the landscape background there is grass and a rock, a stony path, an elephant beside three small trees, a large tree in the centre, and distant mountains. In the sky on the left there is the sun and six birds and, on the right, the moon and two birds. The edge is yellow. On the back, a blue band encircles the edge.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 27.1 cm
Height: 5.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Urbino ⪼ The Marches ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1555 - 1580

Note

The source of the design on the dish was the woodcut by Bernard Salomon, captioned `GENES I' in Damiano Maraffi's Figure del Vecchio Testamento con versi toscani, Lyon (Jean de Tournes), 1554.

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse thinly applied and tinged with green in four places; three spur marks on the front of the rim. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, black, and white.
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 63228
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in faded black ink or cold paint
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.214-1991
Primary reference Number: 73159
Packing number: EURCER 362
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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