Pharmacy jar (albarello)

Masséot Abaquesne

probably ca. 1542 · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Sporting a laurel wreath and classical drapery, the female figure portrayed on this jar amid scrolling foliage is more detailed than the profile head on the example exhibited nearby, suggesting that this one may not have been part of the very large and more sketchily executed order for pharmaceutical containers placed with Masséot Abaquesne in 1545.

Artist

Masséot Abaquesne

Date

probably ca. 1542

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Culture

French, Rouen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917