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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Panel

ca. 1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware panel painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, dark green, greenish brown, manganese purple, black and opaque white. The Virgin, with the Child on her knee and a book in her left hand, sits between a bishop and St. Sebastian (bound to a tree on the right).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Panel, tin-glazed earthenware, depicts the Virgin and Child with St. Sebastian and a bishop, made in Italy, ca. 1540
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware panel painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, dark green, greenish brown, manganese purple, black and opaque white. The Virgin, with the Child on her knee and a book in her left hand, sits between a bishop and St. Sebastian (bound to a tree on the right).
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.5cm
  • Width: 35cm
Gallery label
Panel Made in Italy Tin-glazed earthenware C.91-1915 Given by Mr Henry J. Pfungst(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry J. Pfungst
Production
JVG Mallet, 17/11/2004
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Mallet, John. Istoriato-painting at Pesaro : I. The Argus Painter. Faenza. 1980, LXVI, 1/6. pp.153-159.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
995 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.91-1915

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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