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

Plaque

1600-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular votive tablet, with slightly raised frame and two pierced holes for suspension. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours depicting a family kneeling on a tiled floor and praying to the Madonna and Child on a clowd in the air. Inscribed: 'GRAZIA.RECEUTA'.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Votive tablet, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours depicting a family, inscribed 'GRAZIA RECEVTA', Deruta, Italy, 1600-50
Physical description
Rectangular votive tablet, with slightly raised frame and two pierced holes for suspension. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours depicting a family kneeling on a tiled floor and praying to the Madonna and Child on a clowd in the air. Inscribed: 'GRAZIA.RECEUTA'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm (Note: conversion from inches)
  • Width: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
painted: "GRAZIA.RECEUTA"
Translation
Grace received
Transliteration
Gratia Recevuta
Object history
Bought from Mr. Charles Fairfax Murray, London
Other number
1048 - Rackham (1940)
Collection
Accession number
403-1889

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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