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Postcards
VBI-0212
ROUNDEL IN ENAMELLED TERRACOTTA (MAY; MOWING GRASS)
₹400
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Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- Luca della Robbia (artist of the reproduced work)
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- Not specified
- Location
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Subjects
- Luca della Robbia · Enamelled terracotta · Labours of the months · Mowing · Museum postcards
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Postcard reproducing an enamelled terracotta roundel depicting May, with a man mowing grass with a scythe among trees and a bird perched above. The scene is enclosed by an ornamental border and inscribed “MAIVS” below. The printed caption attributes the original to Luca della Robbia and identifies it with the Victoria and Albert Museum, giving the reference 7636–1861.
Condition
Good