Plaque
Achille Barbizet, French, c. 1825 - c. 1890
Geography:
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1876Medium:
Earthenware with colored glaze decorationDimensions:
31 x 44 x 6 inches (78.7 x 111.8 x 15.2 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
1876-1180Credit Line:
Purchased with Museum funds, 1876
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1876Medium:
Earthenware with colored glaze decorationDimensions:
31 x 44 x 6 inches (78.7 x 111.8 x 15.2 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
* Gallery 156, European Art 1850-1900, first floor
Accession Number:1876-1180Credit Line:
Purchased with Museum funds, 1876
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figulines rustiques [x] fish [x] french earthenware [x] leaves [x] relief [x] rustic earthenware [x] shells [x]This 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).
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