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Apollo
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Apollo painted in blue, green, yellow, and red
Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. The figure is supported on a circular straight-sided green mound base with a blue and yellow tree stump at the back. Apollo stands in front of it with his right leg slightly advanced. He holds a green wreath in his left hand and has his right bent at the elbow. He has yellow hair and is nude except for a strategically-placed red scarf. The contours of his body are shaded in blue.
History note: Sotheby’s, 12 June 1906, part of lot 189, with three other figures, and two unrelated items; purchased for £1.10.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late-19th Century#
Circa
1780
CE
-
1880
CE
Although this figure and its three companions bear the mark of Pieter Kocs who directed the Greek A Factory between 1701-22, they were probably made in the 19th century. Rackham (1935) however, considered that they were Dutch and early 18th century, but mentioned that their authenticity had been questioned.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and red)
Base
Diameter 5.8 cm
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
pale buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.2746D-1928
Primary reference Number: 74012
Old object number: 2425
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Apollo" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74012 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:46:02
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