Plate with Scene from the New Testament

CultureFrench

ManufacturedNevers, France

Datemid 18th Century

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)

DimensionsOverall: 1.7 × 20.8 cm (11/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

MarkingsLetter “K” in blue

DescriptionThis plate illustrate episodes from the New Testament. The scene refers to the biblical proverb from Matthew, 7:1-5: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” The painter possibly used a contemporary paraphrase of the Bible such as Monsieur Lemaître de Sacy’s L’histoire du vieux et du nouveau testament (1735) as a source for the narrative. A comparison with one of the prints shows that the scenes were freely appropriated and simplified.

Credit LineThe Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.

Object numberG14.4.13

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

French Earthenware - Faïence

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Status

Not on view