This porcelain plate exclusively designed by Vista Alegre for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is inspired by the work of the spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), Saint Casilda (c. 1630 - 1635).
Images of saints depicted alone, holding their attributes and looking out of the picture...
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This porcelain plate exclusively designed by Vista Alegre for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is inspired by the work of the spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), Saint Casilda (c. 1630 - 1635).
Images of saints depicted alone, holding their attributes and looking out of the picture space were among the most popular compositions within Zurbarán's output, and he approached this motif in a unique manner.
The present canvas of Saint Casilda, which may have belonged to a convent in Seville, was among the booty taken from Spain to France by Marshal Soult. The painting is recorded in the auction of his possessions held in Paris in May 1852. It was acquired by the comte de Duchatel for his Paris collection and appeared on the US art market prior to 1913. That same year the painting was to be found in the Canadian collection of Sir William van Horne in Montreal. It entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1979.
Porcelain with gold rim
⌀27,5 cm
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