1640-1660, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM JANSZOON VERSTRAETEN

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A Haarlem maiolica dish
1640-1660, attributed to Willem Janszoon Verstraeten
Inspired by the Raphaelesque decoration of Italian maiolica, mainly from the workshop of Orazio Fontana (1510-1571) Urbino, painted in strong ochre, brown and yellow with a central plump cupid holding a cross, surrounded by a band of intricate grotesques, the border en suite with birds and spindly creatures, the edge obliquely hatched
24.3cm. diam.
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Lot Essay

Cf. J.D. van Dam, Geleyersgoet en Hollants porceleyn...etc., Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramiek, 1982/4, No.108, pp.70-74
S.W.A. Drossaers and Th.h. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Inventarissen van de inboedels in de verblijven van de Oranjes II (Den Haag 1974), p.746
In the 1759 inventory of the Stadholder's Cabinet of Antiques "3 dishes painted by Raaphael... (sic)" are listed under No.64. Perhaps they were these Haarlem grotesque dishes. The fact that a strikingly large number of these Haarlem dishes are found in England, could indicate that this ware was already being exported over the North Sea at an early date.

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