European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Plaque Made in Paris, France, Europec. 1876 Achille Barbizet, French, c. 1825 - c. 1890 Earthenware with colored glaze decoration * Gallery 156, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Annenberg Galleries) 1876-1180 Purchased with Museum funds, 1876 |
LabelThis plaque, among the first objects to enter the Museum’s collection, was purchased from the Centennial Exhibition that was held in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park in 1876. The nineteenth-century fascination with the life and art of the Renaissance ceramist Bernard Palissy (French, c. 1510-1590) was evident in the work of a number of exhibitors at the Centennial, chief among them Achille Barbizet. The Barbizet workshop specialized in Palissy-style ceramics, particularly those, such as this plaque, of a type known as figulines rustiques (rustic earthenwares).Social Tags [?]figulines rustiques [x] fishes [x] flowers [x] french earthenware [x] leaves [x] lizards [x] nhd 1863 to 1877 centennial [x] relief [x] rustic earthenware [x] shells [x] soil [x] [Add Your Own Tags]* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
