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Oval Basin
Creator
Bernard PalissyFrench Artist · 1510–1590
All works by this person →A man of many interests and talents though with no formal training, Bernard Palissy became a scientist, land-surveyor, religious reformer, garden designer, glassblower, painter, chemist, geologist, philosopher, and writer, as well as a ceramist. A devout and outspoken Huguenot, he was imprisoned for his religious beliefs and for his involvement in the Protestant riots of the first of the Wars of R
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- about 1550
- Medium
- Lead-glazed earthenware
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A man of many interests and talents, Bernard Palissy developed his distinctive "rustic-ware," as exemplified by this basin, by casting shellfish, plants, and reptiles from life. He then attached them to traditional ceramic forms and decorated these objects with runny, lead-based glazes, increasing their watery realism. During his own lifetime, Palissy's works were highly popular. Such influential patrons as Anne de Montmorency and Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, commissioned him to decorate grottoes in their private gardens, settings for diversion and contemplation in the 1500s. Palissy's rustic works were so successful that they were imitated during his own lifetime. In the 1800s, such notable ceramic factories as Sèvres in France and Wedgwood in England also copied them.
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