JVV 0598
Northern Netherlands, circa 1660
The lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and is painted in blue and yellow with a putto blowing a horn. He wears a sash. An aigrette motif is applied in the border.
Dimensions: diameter 28,8 cm / 11.33 in.
Explanatory note
Traditionally this type of lobed dishes are attributed to Haarlem, but they may also have been made in Delft and Harlingen. The production of lobed dishes in The Netherlands began under influence of French imports from Nevers and Rouen in the first half of the seventeenth century (Jaspers). The decoration, however, testifies to Italian influence. A concise painting in a few colors (mainly blue and yellow) was developed in Faenza in the second half of the sixteenth century. It is called compendiario, which means sketchy. Both the aigrette motif and the putto are copied from Italian examples. The motif of a putto in an aigrette border was a very popular setting in the first half of the seventeenth century and was used on both majolica and faience in the Netherlands.
Literature
N.L. Jaspers, ‘Met de Franse slag. Franse compendiariofaïence uit Nederlandse bodem (ca. 1600-1660)’, in: Vormen uit Vuur, nr. 199 (2007-4), pp. 2-16
S. Ostkamp, ‘Hollants porceleyn en straetswerck. De voorgeschiedenis van Delft als centrum van de Nederlandse productie van faience en het ontstaan van Delfts wit’, in: Vormen uit Vuur, 223/224 (2014-1), pp. 2-46
V. de Pompeis, La maiolica Italiana di stile compendiario I bianchi, Torino 2010
F. Scholten, Dutch majolica & delftware (1550-1700) from the Edwin van Drecht collection, Amsterdam 1993
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