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Oval dish with the execution of Saint John the Baptist

17th century

Bernard Palissy

Artist After, French, 1510 - 1590

Follower of Bernard Palissy

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Medium

lead-glazed earthenware
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Dimensions

overall (oval): 6.4 × 21.9 × 29.2 cm (2 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2014.136.352

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Bibliography

1928

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1928: 95, no. 2470.

1932

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 101, no. 2470.

Inscriptions

painted on foot: M 96

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