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2021
Book chapter
Prints and Post-Palissian Ceramics
Claire Blakey and Rachel King question the role of print sources in understanding the problematic subject of lead-glazed relief-moulded ceramics attributed to the French potter Bernard Palissy and the body of post-Palissian wares, most often identified as copies. They argue that the three-dimensional designs were based on a variety of...Blakey, Claire ; King, Rachel
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2017
Book chapter
Revealing the archetype: the journey of a trecento Madonna and Child at the National Museum of Scotland
The National Museums Scotland Madonna and Child project sought to uncover and document the history of a fine polychrome wood carving attributed to The Master of the Gualino St Catherine and to prepare it for display. A new body of knowledge has been assembled by the interdisciplinary team. The conservation...de Bellaigue, Diana ; Troalen, Lore ; Richter, M ; Wong Rueda, M ; Palozzi, L …
polychromy, wood, Italy, Umbria, sculpture, Madonna, and 14th century
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2016
Book chapter
Bernstein. Ein deutscher Werkstoff?
Comment fonctionnent les mécanismes d'appropriation, de décontextualisation, puis de resémentisation propres à toute circulation culturelle sur les objets ? Les quatorze contributions de cet ouvrage esquissent une histoire interculturelle des espaces germanophone, néerlandophone et nordique à partir d'objets concrets, du lego à l'ambre, de la pomme de terre aux licornes...King, Rachel
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2014
Book chapter
Collecting nature within nature – animal inclusings in Amber in Early Modern Collections, or “Miniture marvels of nature”
When the French diplomat Charles Ogier saw frogs and lizards embedded in amber for sale during his visit to Danzig in November 1635 he called them “miniature miracles of nature.” With rare exceptions, few of these objects—copiously documented in inventories of the time—have actually survived. Instead, we must depend on...King, Rachel
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2015
Book chapter
Asbestos Fingers and Flaming Lips: Metallgefäße für Tee und ihre Handhabung im 18. Jahrhundert
Ein Blatt des niederlandischen Kupferstechers Cornelis Dusart zeigt eine uppige Figur (Abb. 1): Die Frau halt eine enorme Teebuchse in der linken Hand; in der rechten wird eine Kanne mit solchem Schwung hochgeworfen, dass man beinahe vor der Szene zuruckschreckt. Trijin ist frohlich - zumindest dem Titel nach. Ihren Mann...King, Rachel
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2014
Book chapter
To counterfeit such precious stones as you desire: Amber and Amber imitations in Early Modern Europe
The counterfeiting of works of art of the 19th and 20th centuries is a topic with which the art scientific research, but also the features section, criminology, courts, and not least the collector himself intensively involved for years. From art forgers, some of which operate in large-scale networks and be...King, Rachel