Caption

Plaque with Melpomene, Etruria Factory; Flaxman the Younger, John after; Wedgwood, Josiah; Lewinski, Jan Piotr — mythologies; jasper stoneware; oval sapphire plaque with white relief overlay depicting the muse of tragedy, Melpomene, with the inscription MELPOMONE embossed below; relief after the design of John Flaxman showing Apollo and nine Muses; rectangular mahogany wood frame; ca. 1780–1785; England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent., A white sculpted relief of a robed female figure is set against a blue oval background, the figure holding a small knife in one hand and a shallow bowl on a stem in the other, wearing draped clothing with visible folds and sandals, with pale skin tones in the sculpture and surrounding colors of blue and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_420

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (1.9Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plaque Melpomene Etruria Factory Flaxman Younger John Wedgwood Josiah Lewinski Jan Piotr mythologies jasper stoneware oval sapphire plaque white relief overlay depicting muse tragedy inscription MELPOMONE embossed relief design John Flaxman showing Apollo nine Muses rectangular mahogany wood frame ca 1780–1785 England Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent white sculpted robed female figure set blue oval background figure holding small knife hand shallow bowl stem wearing draped clothing visible folds sandals pale skin tones sculpture surrounding colors blue gray.