CIRCA 1538, GUIDO ANDRIES WORKSHOP

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An Antwerp polychrome 'Fère en Tardenois' octagonal floor tile panel
CIRCA 1538, GUIDO ANDRIES WORKSHOP
Decorated with a central tile depicting a nude boy seated on a bucranium or ram's skull, within rings, Burgundy lily corners, surrounded by four elongated panels enclosing scrolling foliage (some chips to glaze)
29 cm. wide

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

See Cl. Dumortier, Céramique de la Renaissance à Anvers, Bruxelles, 2002, p. 110, ill. 43 for related tile panels in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The pavement of Fère en Tardenois was ordered by Anne de Montmorency (1463-1567) from Guido Andries, den Salm workshop in 1538.
Formerly attributed to Masseot Abaquesne workshop, Rouen, see label.

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