- Title
- And they stood in the garden of Allah awaiting the coming of the Lord
- Date Made
- 1995, printed 2012
- Medium
- Inkjet print (inkjet print), tiptych
- Dimensions
- Image: 8 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (22.3 × 23.1 cm)
Primary support (Overall): 15 15/16 × 36 3/4 in. (40.5 × 93.3 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2013.170
- Collecting Area
- Photography
- Curatorial Notes
During the 19th century, there was a craze for work by the Renaissance potter Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) in both France and Portugal, inspiring interest in the originals, and the development of revival pieces in the same style.
In France, the Palissy revival began in Tours. In 1846, Charles-Jean Avisseau (1795-1861) declared that he had rediscovered Palissy’s technical process. At the time, Avisseau was sharing a workshop with his brother-in-law, Joseph Landais (1800-1883), who disputed Avisseau’s claim and set up independently. Landais and his son, Charles-Joseph (1829-1908), won a silver medal at the 1855 Paris Exhibition for a monumental mirror frame bursting with foliage and reptiles. While they may have been responsible for some of the unsigned pieces that entered the market as fake Renaissance works, this platter clearly bears the mark of Joseph Landais.