Statuette
c. 1780 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Statuette in hard-paste porcelain of Summer painted with enamels. A woman wearing a blue bodice with laced yellow front over a white undergarment, a green skirt and white apron. She stands with a sheaf of corn under her right arm and a sickle in her left hand. On a square base painted in imitation of stonework.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Statuette in hard-paste porcelain of Summer, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, c. 1780 |
| Physical description | Statuette in hard-paste porcelain of Summer painted with enamels. A woman wearing a blue bodice with laced yellow front over a white undergarment, a green skirt and white apron. She stands with a sheaf of corn under her right arm and a sickle in her left hand. On a square base painted in imitation of stonework. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | SUMMER
Porcelain
ITALY (DOCCIA); late 18th century
Captain H. B. Murray Bequest
C.2604-1910
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014
pp. 66-67, Cat. 44
44. Figure of a peasant
woman with a sheaf of wheat
in her hand
circa 1780
hard-paste porcelain painted with colours
h 9,6 cm
no mark
inv. C.2604-1910
bequest: Captain H.B. Murray
In the18th-century Inventory of Moulds, among the shapes listed in this inventory there is a
“Young shepherdess with a sheaf of grain” which probably refers to this statuette (AGL, I, 2, f. 37, Fabbrica delle Porcellana di Doccia. Scritture e Documenti, fasc. 22 bis, p. 20). This is one of many such figures made towards the end of the 18th century and which were often inspired by similar subjects manufactured at Sèvres (BIANCALANA, 2011, p. 100- 127).
A.B.
Bibliography: unpublished |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2604-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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