Masséot Abaquesne. The Brilliance of Earthenware in the Renaissance. Exhibition Catalogue.
Meeting of National Museums| N° d'inventaire | 25691 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 160 p., richly illustrated, booklet with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782711863594 |
The National Renaissance Museum, in partnership with the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics, is organizing the first major French retrospective dedicated to the Rouen earthenware maker Masséot Abaquesne, born around 1500 in Cherbourg and died in 1564 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen.
We know that he took part in the development of the Rouen earthenware factory, of which he became director.
His first identified works - for the Château d'Écouen - in 1542 are the expression of a highly mastered technique and a deep knowledge of the iconographic repertoire of the Italian Renaissance. His production of earthenware similar to Italian majolica is one of the first to appear in France, 20 years before Bernard Palissy. His best-known work is the pavement executed in 1542 for the Château d'Anne de Montmorency, in Écouen; a real earthenware carpet, part of which is still visible.
In 1545, he received an order for 4,000 pharmacy jars for the Rouen apothecary Pierre Dubosc, many of whose pieces have survived.
In 1557, he delivered to Claude d'Urfé, governor of the Dauphin and the children of France, the pavements of the chapel of his castle located in the Loire. These pavements were dispersed in the 19th century among private and public collections. The Louvre Museum exhibits the most beautiful part: the pavement of the altar step.
In this work, the production of Abaquesne, pavements and shaped pieces, is placed in the broader context of earthenware of its time.
The similarities between his works and those produced in Antwerp are highlighted in order to answer the question of his training: Antwerp or Italian? Direct or produced in contact with foreign artists established in France?
The National Renaissance Museum, in partnership with the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics, is organizing the first major French retrospective dedicated to the Rouen earthenware maker Masséot Abaquesne, born around 1500 in Cherbourg and died in 1564 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen.
We know that he took part in the development of the Rouen earthenware factory, of which he became director.
His first identified works - for the Château d'Écouen - in 1542 are the expression of a highly mastered technique and a deep knowledge of the iconographic repertoire of the Italian Renaissance. His production of earthenware similar to Italian majolica is one of the first to appear in France, 20 years before Bernard Palissy. His best-known work is the pavement executed in 1542 for the Château d'Anne de Montmorency, in Écouen; a real earthenware carpet, part of which is still visible.
In 1545, he received an order for 4,000 pharmacy jars for the Rouen apothecary Pierre Dubosc, many of whose pieces have survived.
In 1557, he delivered to Claude d'Urfé, governor of the Dauphin and the children of France, the pavements of the chapel of his castle located in the Loire. These pavements were dispersed in the 19th century among private and public collections. The Louvre Museum exhibits the most beautiful part: the pavement of the altar step.
In this work, the production of Abaquesne, pavements and shaped pieces, is placed in the broader context of earthenware of its time.
The similarities between his works and those produced in Antwerp are highlighted in order to answer the question of his training: Antwerp or Italian? Direct or produced in contact with foreign artists established in France?