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- Title
La Coupe Verzelini (1578) du Musée de la Renaissance d'Ecouen: Une mise au point.
- Authors
Velde, Danielle
- Abstract
A tazza purchased by the Cluny Museum in 1867 had been known in Poitiers since 1857. This diamond-point engraved piece is dated 1578, and it also shows six initials and the French coat of arms under a frieze depicting a hunt. In 1867, the initials were interpreted as those of the wife of G1éd1éon Picard, a physician in Vendee. The tazza, which for this reason had been thought to have been made in western France, has also been interpreted as a product of the Verzelini glasshouse in London because of its decoration. In 1852, the tazza was purchased at auction in Poitiers, where it had arrived in 1850 as the property of a family from the Loire valley gentry. If the London Verzelini provenance is accepted, events that were taking place in London in the year 1578 must be considered. Plans for a union between Queen Elizabeth I and the duke of Anjou about 1578 prompted envoys from the French court to cross the English Channel repeatedly. The tazza may be a memento of these (failed) diplomatic undertakings.
- Subjects
ECOUEN (France); POITIERS (France); FRANCE; PROVENANCE of art; GLASS art education; MUSEUM acquisitions
- Publication
Journal of Glass Studies, 2011, Vol 53, p251
- ISSN
0075-4250
- Publication type
Article