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St Jerome in the Wilderness
Potter: Unidentified Deruta potter
Maiolica bowl, painted in blue, yellow, and orange, with St Jerome in the Wilderness.
Light greyish-buff earthenware. Moulded with the design in relief, and tin-glazed overall; unevenly and thinly on the reverse. Painted in blue, yellow, and brownish-orange. Shape 76. Circular with curved sides, standing on a low footring, pierced by a hole incorrectly placed for suspension the right way up.
St Jerome in the Wilderness. The Saint kneels facing towards the right, holding a crucifix in his left hand and a stone in his right. A lion crouches on his left and a cardinal's hat and tassels lie on the ground to his right. In the background on either side there is a plant.
History note: Unknown
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 15.2 cm
Height: 4.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, Late
17th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1575
CE
-
1625
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: St Jerome kneels beside his faithful companion, the lion, here only the size of a small dog. They inhabit a wilderness adorned with flowers. To inspire devotion in the user of the bowl, Jerome (moulded in relief) meditates on a huge crucifix in his left hand, while holding a stone to beat his breast in the other hand.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellow, and brownish-orange)
Moulding
: Pale greyish-buff earthenware., moulded with the design in relief, and tin-glazed overall; unevenly and thinly on the reverse. Painted in blue, yellow, and brownish-orange.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2196-1928
Primary reference Number: 78878
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "St Jerome in the Wilderness" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/78878 Accessed: 2024-12-25 16:00:01
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