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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1510; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, panel, moulding, Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham, 1937, L.D. Cunliffe Bequest [EC.1-1938]
Description: Pale red earthenware, moulded in very low relief in the middle, and coated with white slip which has been removed from the background. Incised decoration coloured blue, green and dark yellow under lead glaze.
Almost square with cut lower corners and a rectangular, scrolled protrusion at the top, with lateral rings and a hole for suspension.
A half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in her arms, with below, a pedestal inscribed 'AVE.REGINA CELORVM' (Hail Queen of the Heavens), and above, seven angels, of whom two hold a crown over her head and four blow trumpets. St Roch stands on the right hand and St Sebastian on the left. The small panel at the top contains three dancing putti. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | lead-glazed earthenware panel Unknown | Temporal: | name=early 16th Century; start=1500; end=1510 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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