Charger with the Conversion of Saul

Jan Bogaert (possibly), 1550

This Antwerp charger would originally have been some 50 cm in diameter. When the rim around the central scene was damaged, it was removed and replaced by a brass mount. Such a dish would never have been used for eating, but would have been displayed on a wall as a painting in ceramic. The absence of the rim now reinforces the dish’s resemblance to a painting.

  • Artwork typeplatter
  • Object numberBK-1990-10
  • Dimensionsheight 43.6 cm x height 40.2 cm x diameter 40 cm x thickness 2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsmajolica veelkleurig beschilderd in de glazuur

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Charger with the Conversion of Saul
    • Dish with the Conversion of Saul

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1990-10

  • Description

    Ronde schotel van veelkleurig beschilderde majolica. Op de schotel is de bekering van Saulus geschilderd. In een berglandschap rijden twee ruiterstoeten, waartussen Saulus ter aarde is gevallen. In de verte is een stad geschilderd (Damascus) en boven de wolken Engelen en Jezus die een lichtstraal heeft gezonden. De schotel is gemerkt en gedateerd: JAB 1550.

Creation

  • Creation

    • plateelbakkerij: Jan Bogaert (possibly), Antwerp
    • plateelbakkerij: Adriaen Jansz Bogaert (possibly), Antwerp

  • Dating

    1550

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    majolica veelkleurig beschilderd in de glazuur

  • Dimensions

    height 43.6 cm x height 40.2 cm x diameter 40 cm x thickness 2 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

  • C. Dumortier, Het atelier van de Antwerpse geleyers-potbakker Franchois Frans (16de eeuw), uit: Mededelingenblad / Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramiek, 125, 1985-1986, pagina pp. 4-32 - p. 6, 27

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  • Charger with the Conversion of Saul
  • Charger with the Conversion of Saul