https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15636/fullPlate with Scene from the New Testamentmid 18th CenturyOverall: 2.2 × 21.6 cm (7/8 × 8 1/2 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)The Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.Manufactured: Nevers, FranceG14.4.140The plate illustrates an episode from the New Testament. The scene shows two centurions kneel in front of Jesus praying him to cure their friend’s servant. 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 each narrative. A comparison with one of the prints shows that the scenes were freely appropriated and simplified.French Faïence14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsFrench Earthenware - Faïence1827175737French
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