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Bust: C.267-1991

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Description

Maiolica bust of a woman, painted in polychrome.

Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple. Frontal bust of a woman truncated below the breasts.The woman has auburn hair elaborately dressed with ribbons and a diadem.She wears a necklace of large orange beads, and her yellow and green gown is draped across her body exposing the left breast. On her right shoulder is a projecting ring with the ends of the fabric drawn through it.

Notes

History note: Probably purchased in July 1918 from Delany (or Dulany); H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

except for the base Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.267-1991
Primary reference Number: 73886
Packing number: EURCER 389

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

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

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