Plaque, the Virgin and Child with the young St John the Baptist

Details

  • Title

    Plaque, the Virgin and Child with the young St John the Baptist

  • Artist/maker

    Giovanni Volpato (1735 - 1803)
  • Associated place

    Europe (place of creation)
  • Date

    late 18th - early 19th century (1771 - 1830)
  • Material and technique

    earthenware; Tin-glazed Low-relief (Maiolica)

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    17.3 cm (height)
    14 cm (width)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.

  • Museum location

  • Museum department

    Western Art

  • Accession no.

    WA1899.CDEF.C469

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Glossary of terms

earthenware

Further reading

Wilson, Timothy, Italian Maiolica and Europe: Medieval and Later Italian Pottery in the Ashmolean Museum, 1 (Oxford/Ashmolean Museum, 2017), p. 379 no. 199

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