id:			358303
accession number:	2019.75
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.75
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:08.015000

Figure of the Pietà, c. 1761. Sculpture Joseph Willems (Flemish, 1715–1766), manufactured by Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84). Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels; height: 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum purchase from various donors by exchange 2019.75

title:				Figure of the Pietà
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creation date:			c. 1761
creation date earliest:		1756
creation date latest:		1766
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Museum purchase from various donors by exchange
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culture:	England, London, Chelsea
technique:	Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Joseph Willems (Flemish, 1715–1766)  - sculptor
Flemish ceramicist, 1715-1766, active in Great Britain
* Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84)  - maker

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measurements: height: 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Painted in gilt over the glaze at base of figure on the reverse: [a gold anchor]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	(Christies, London, February 11, 1991, no. 90)
	date: 1991
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	(Robert Williams, Winifred Williams, Ltd., London, 1991)
	date: 1991
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	Private collector, Australia, 1992
	date: 1992-?
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	(E. & H. Manners,Ltd., London, 2018)
	date: 2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2019-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mathew Martin, “The Chelsea Pietà,” in <em>Fire and Form: The Baroque and Influence on English Ceramics, c. 1600-c. 1760 </em>(London: English Ceramic Circle, 2013)
	page number: 	Mentioned:  pp. 82-3
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/857143889

	Harrison, Stephen. “Acquisitions 2019: Decorative Art and Design.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 27.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 27.
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IMAGES

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