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Tile Panel

1680-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Boumeester, Cornelis (maker)
Place of origin
Rotterdam (made)

Wall tiles developed in 17th century Holland. This gave trained artists such as Cornelis Boumeester of Rotterdam (about 1670-1733) the opportunity to paint large panels. The panels would be fired as separate tiles and then reassembled. Not surprisingly, nautical subjects such as whaling were the most popular.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Tile panel
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Glazing
Brief description
Panel of 66 tin-glazed earthenware tiles painted in blue with a whaling scene, Rotterdam, early-18th century.
Physical description
Panel of 66 tin-glazed earthenware tiles painted in blue with a whaling scene and signed 'CBM'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 121.9cm
No weight on object record - looking into written object records in Ceramics Dept.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'CBM' for the artist Cornelis Boumeester of Rotterdam
Credit line
Given by Henry van den Bergh
Object history
From Tring Parish Church. Whaling scene after an engraving by Adlof van der Laan.
Summary
Wall tiles developed in 17th century Holland. This gave trained artists such as Cornelis Boumeester of Rotterdam (about 1670-1733) the opportunity to paint large panels. The panels would be fired as separate tiles and then reassembled. Not surprisingly, nautical subjects such as whaling were the most popular.
Bibliographic reference
Worthington, Bethan Lloyd. Windswept Baby, London : V&A Publications, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78926-034-2 p.1 Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.744-1925

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Record createdNovember 25, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70768/tile-panel-boumeester-cornelis/
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