The Crucifixion
Figure Group
1760-1765 (made)
1760-1765 (made)
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Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, from the Crucifixion (but lacking Christ on the cross), with the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, and John the Evangelist; at the back is a socket for the insertion of a wooden cross, and the Virgin stands with clasped hands, wrapped in a turquoise-blue cloak over a flowered robe, John stands behind her, with his right arm stretched out as a support to the cross, while the Magdalen is seated mourning at her side.
Object details
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| Title | The Crucifixion (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, from the Crucifixion (lacking Christ on the cross), with the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, and John the Evangelist, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1760-1765 |
| Physical description | Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, from the Crucifixion (but lacking Christ on the cross), with the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, and John the Evangelist; at the back is a socket for the insertion of a wooden cross, and the Virgin stands with clasped hands, wrapped in a turquoise-blue cloak over a flowered robe, John stands behind her, with his right arm stretched out as a support to the cross, while the Magdalen is seated mourning at her side. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavalle or Cavallo, London, for £12 10 shillings in August 1868. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Production | Label - possibly after Le Brun. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848. London: Faber & Faber, 1990. 138 p., pl. 120.
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| Other number | Sch. I 295 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:170-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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