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Our Lady of Mount Carmel: C.2239-1928

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Titles

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Maker(s)

Artist: Gentili, Berardino (Perhaps)

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Description

Maiolica panel, painted in polychrome with a three-quarter length figure of the Virgin, holding the Christ Child in her arms.

Panel. Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front. Painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, brown, grey, and manganese.
Rectangular, slightly convex.
A three-quarter length figure of the Virgin, holding the Christ Child in her arms, appears above seven clouds of smoke and flames amid which are the heads of three souls in Purgatory. The Virgin wears a yellow dress and a blue cloak with a yellow star on the right shoulder, a yellow fringe and a green lining. Over her right hand she has a scapula. The background is green and round the outer edge there is a narrow dark brown and a wider yellow line.

Notes

History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS Cat. 1127 and Typed Cat. `Mr. Sutton had priced this piece a £3.10.0).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.5 cm
Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 21.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1750 - 1800

Note

Castelli, by a member of the Gentili family, perhaps Berardino (1727-1813)

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, brown, grey, and manganese)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2239-1928
Primary reference Number: 73278

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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