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Related Timeline(s)

• • France, 1400–1600 A.D.

Related Thematic Essay(s)

• • Ceramics in the French Renaissance

Related Index Terms

Artist

• • Dupré, Guillaume (French, ca. 1574–1642)

Geography/Place

• • Ceramic, organized by culture, Europe
• • Ceramic, organized by culture, Europe, France
• • Vessel, organized by culture
• • Vessel, organized by culture, Europe, France

Material and Technique

• • Ceramic, Glazed
• • Ceramic, Glazed, Europe
• • Vessel, Figural
• • Vessel, Figural, Europe
• • Vessel, Shallow, Europe

Technical Glossary

• • Earthenware
• • lead glaze

"Probably by Guillaume Dupré: 'Gondola' cup with figure personifying a springcera (53.225.54)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cera/ho_53.225.54.htm (March 2008)

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"Gondola" cup with figure personifying a spring, ca. 1620–25; model, ca. 1600–1610
Probably modeled by Guillaume Dupré (French, ca. 1574–1642); probably made in the pottery of Claude Bertélemy (French, ca. 1555–1626)
Lead-glazed earthenware; W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953 (53.225.54)