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A SPANISH TROMPE L'OEIL TILE PANEL
Lot 28

A SPANISH TROMPE L'OEIL TILE PANEL

LATE 16TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PERHAPS SEVILLE

Closed21 May 2019

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A SPANISH TROMPE L'OEIL TILE PANEL
LATE 16TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PERHAPS SEVILLE
Comprising forty-eight tiles, each group of four tiles painted with simulated coffering centred by a rosette, within interlaced strapwork enclosing panels of simulated marble and square flower panels, enriched in blue, ochre, green, yellow and manganese
42¾ in. (108.6 cm.) high x 32 1/8 in. (81.6 cm.) overall

Specialist note

For a tile panel with a similar 'three-dimensional' design, in-situ in the lower choir of the Church of Sao Roque, attributed to Seville, circa 1596, see José Meco, The Art of Azulejo in Portugal, London, 1988, p. 15, no. 10. The design was popular between circa 1590 and 1625, and as well as in Seville, tiles of this type were also made in Talavera, Catalonia and Valencia.