Plate
ca. 1680-1786 (made)
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Tin-glazed earthenware plate with painted decoration in 'in-glaze' blue and enamels.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with painted in-glaze decoration and enamels |
| Brief description | Plate depicting the Rape of the Sabines, made at the factory "Het Moriaenshooft", Delft, about 1680-86, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in 'in-glaze' blue and enamels |
| Physical description | Tin-glazed earthenware plate with painted decoration in 'in-glaze' blue and enamels. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'IW' in monogram (Painted in blue
The mark is for Jacob Wemmersz. Hoppestyn, part-owner (from 1659) and full owner from 1664 to 1671 of het Moriaenshooft and succeeded by his widdow Jannetge Claesdr. van Straten until 1686) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Palliser |
| Production | The plate is part of a series bearing the arms of the Counts of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, as used between 1636 and about 1680, all of which are marked "IW". The central scene depicting the Rape of the Sabines, closely follows a print by Cherubino Alberti after Polidoro da Caravaggio. |
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| Accession number | C.767-1936 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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