FDA-E.3191-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3191-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
Grossesse de la Nymphe Calisto et Enlèvement de Proserpine
Title Type
Common name
Description
Coloured print of an cermic dish, with relief decoration depicting four figures by a river with a hillside and trees behind them; in the distance a mountain and flying cupids
Comments
This print was a plate in the 1862 publication 'Monographie de l'oeuvre de Bernard Palissy: suivie d'un choix de ses continuateurs ou imitateurs' by Alexandre Sauzay (1804-1870), a monograph on the French Huguenot potter Bernard Palissy (c.1510–c.1589).
'Grossesse de la Nymphe Calisto et Enlèvement de Proserpine' (or 'The Pregnancy of the Nymph Calisto and Kidnapping of Proserpina') is an example of Palissy's polychrome lead-glazed earthenware from the collection of a Mr Arondel.
'Grossesse de la Nymphe Calisto et Enlèvement de Proserpine' (or 'The Pregnancy of the Nymph Calisto and Kidnapping of Proserpina') is an example of Palissy's polychrome lead-glazed earthenware from the collection of a Mr Arondel.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 385mm
width (frame): 450mm
width (frame): 450mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil below image, lower centre: 'Grossesse de la nymphe Calisto et enlèvement de Proserpine - Collection Arondel'
Material
ink
paper
watercolour
paper
watercolour
Materials & techniques note
Coloured lithograph with watercolour
Production
Person
Date
1862
