Plateau
Bernard Palissy
19th century
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
19 1/2 × 25 in. (49.5 × 63.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession
Accession Number
X.3.12
Tags
FacesFauns
About the Artist
Bernard Palissy · 1510–1590
Bernard Palissy (c. 1510–1590), born to a poor family in the Saintonge region of France—possibly in Saintes, Périgord, or near Agen—began his career apprenticed to a glass painter before becoming a wandering journeyman portrait painter, glassworker, and land surveyor across France, the Low Countries, and Italy. He learned the rudiments of pottery in La Chapelle-des-Pots and settled in Saintes as a...