Platter
Bernard Palissy
17th century
Medium
Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
8.8 × 44.2 × 31.2 cm (3 7/16 × 17 3/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
vessel for serving food
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88677
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...