Palissy the Potter
Palissy the Potter
Palissy the Potter
SCULPTURES
- Title
- Palissy the Potter
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Maker
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Barrias, Ernest (after) (1841 - 1905) (Primary maker)
Barrias, Ernest (after) 1841-1905 (Maker) - Place Made
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France
France - Description
- Bernard Palissy (1510-89), French potter. Whole length, wearing doublet, trunk hose and leather apron, holding ceramic tray decorated with modelled serpent under left arm. His right hand rests on an open book inscribed "DE L'ART DE TERRE", which lies on top of a brick kiln, the door of which, separately cast, lies at its foot. A fossil ammonite and crystal display lie on the ground to the right.
- Materials
- bronze
- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.U4853
- Notes
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