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The Imposition of the Chasuble on Saint Ildefonsus
Production:
Unidentified Talavera factory
Production:
Unidentified Toledo factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow and brownish-orange with the Imposition of the Chasuble on Saint Ildefonsus (San I ldefonso) within a blue border
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front, and painted in blue, yellow, and brownish-orange. Circular with a sloping edge. The Virgin enthroned on the left, and an angel hovering in the air on the right, are lowering a chasuble over Saint Ildefonsus (San Ildefonso), the Archbishop of Toledo who is kneeling with his hands together in prayer. His mitre lies on the gound in front of him. Overhead is half of the sun with beams of light streaming down over the chasuble. A wide blue border encircles the edge.
History note: An unidentified medical Doctor in Toledo, from whom purchased on 4 January 1909 for 15 pesetas (11s. 6d.) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 1.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
San Ildefonso (c. 606-667) was appointed Archbishop of Toledo in 657. He was renowned for his devotion to the Virgin on whom he wrote a treatise. In a vision the Virgin gave him an embroidered chasuble, which on the tile is shown being lowered over his head by the Virgin and an angel. Wall plaques similar to this were used to identify properties belonging to the Chapter of Toledo.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, brownish-orange)
Front Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2157-1928
Primary reference Number: 76631
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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