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The Virgin with Saints Roch and Sebastian
Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)
Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze.
Almost square with cut lower corners and a rectangular, scrolled protrusion at the top, with lateral rings and a hole for suspension.
A half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in her arms, with below, a pedestal inscribed 'AVE.REGINA CELORVM' (Hail Queen of the Heavens), and above, seven angels, of whom two hold a crown over her head and four blow trumpets. St Roch stands on the right hand and St Sebastian on the left. The small panel at the top contains three dancing putti.
History note: Sir Francis Cook, Bt; Wyndham F.Cook; Humphrey Wyndham Cook; Christie's, 7 July 1925, Catalogue of an important collection of objects of art of the middle ages and renaissance, the property of Humphrey W. cook, Esq.l, and removed from 8 Cadogan Square, S.W., being a portion of the celebrated collection formed by the late Sir Francis Cook, Bart, lot 59; Henry Harris; Leonard D. Cunliffe.
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937
Depth: 1.7 cm
Height: 33.7 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-01) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1510
CE
Label text from the exhibition ‘Madonnas and Miracles: The Holy Home in Renaissance Italy’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 7 March until 4 June 2017: This colourful tile would have been hung on a wall. It shows Roch and Sebastian on either side of the Madonna and Child. People prayed to these saints to guard them from the terrible danger of plague. The owners of this work of art hoped that its presence in their home would offer them divine protection from the disease, which was normally fatal.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green and dark yellow)
Moulding
: Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze.
Slip-coated
Accession number: EC.1-1938
Primary reference Number: 76862
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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