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Plaque with Descent from the Cross
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This relief is in imitation of Josiah Wedgwood's famous jasperware, which in turn was inspired by ancient Roman cameo glass. Enoch Wood was the son of Aaron Wood, an apprentice to Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805), the son of Josiah. Enoch is believed to have been an apprentice at Josiah Wedgwood's factory, Etruria, in the 1770s, the decade in which Wedgwood perfected the technique known as jasperware. The subject of this relief is not classical but rather takes its subject from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It shows the deposition (lowering) of Christ from the cross. The composition is based on a much-copied 1697 painting by Jean Jouvenet (French, 1644-1717), which is now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris.
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Provenance
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George R. Harding Collection, London, until 1911; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 20 3/4 x W: 17 1/2 in. (52.7 x 44.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.875