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Maker:
Gentili, Carmine
Artist:
Perelle, Gabriel
(After)
Maiolica roundel, painted in polychrome with a shore scene of trees, figures, ships, and buildings on rugged cliffs.
Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on both sides. Painted in pale greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, brown, grey, and black.
Circular with raised edge.
A shore scene with two trees, figures, and ships at anchor in the foreground, and buildings on rugged cliffs in the distance. A dark brown and a yellow band encircle the outer edge. The centre of the reverse is signed `C:ne G:li P:/1716' in pale greyish-blue.
History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS 1479).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.6 cm
Diameter: 18.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1716
: dated
This view was derived from a rectangular etching of a shore scene by Gabriel Pérelle (1603-77) or his sons, Nicolas and Adam, who worked with him.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( pale greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, brown, grey, and black)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on both sides. Painted in pale greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, brown, grey, and black.
Accession number: C.2233-1928
Primary reference Number: 73274
Old object number: 1479
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Roundel" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73274 Accessed: 2024-04-19 09:18:33
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