A Castelli maiolica rectangular plaque, dated 1758 and inscribed
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September 26, 11:44 AM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
painted with scantily draped classical figures singing and playing music before a table on a terrace set before a parterre and a garlanded arcade, with a village in a wooded mountainous landscape in the distance, and a figure kneeling before God appearing from the clouds, within an ochre and black-line border, inscribed on the vases “R. La P 1758 Genes:C(6)” and in the border with the Latin verses “Crevit in immensum munerum miserabile iugus / Illicitos iugens thalamos ueritosque hymenaeos” and “Nullus honor, culturusque Dei pietasque remansit / Lustra tamen duodena D[u]as bis pertulit ista”, in a giltwood frame
plaque 25,5 x 34,5 cm, 10 x 13 ½ in.
frame 41,5 x 47,7 cm, 16 ⅜ x 18 ¾ in.
The Barratt Collection, from Crowe Hall, Bath, Christie's, London, 16 December 2010, lot 114.
The Latin inscriptions translate as follows 'The miserable yoke of duty has witnessed all/uniting illicit weddings, and respected bridals' and 'No honour, worship of God and piety remained, yet she [or it] has lasted twice two dozen lustra'.
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