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The Scripture on Tiles: Dutch Tiles as an Example of the Biblical Culture of Everyday in the Republic

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Oczko P.

Werkwinkel

2015

vol. 10

issue 2

67-88

The history of Dutch tiles started in the sixteenth century Antwerp in the workshops of the Italian potters who had settled in the city upon the Scheldt. Due to the political and social factors (i.e. huge wave of refugees during the Dutch Revolt), tile production was moved to the Northern Netherlands, where it was fully developed and the offer of the Republic’s tile works began to enjoy greatest fame and a huge commercial success all over Europe. The given article deals mostly with Dutch tiles representing the biblical scenes (bijbeltegels) and discusses their numerous contexts, such as confessional and social background, iconographical origin of their designs (engravings, illustrated Bibles, stencils), the taste and status of the potential buyers. Moreover, the artistic and cultural phenomenon of Dutch biblical tiles has been interpreted in terms of a much wider tradition, namely the ‘biblicisation’ of everyday life in the Dutch Republic and its interiors. Finally, the issue of Dutch tiles, being the symbols of the national cultural tradition, has been brought up.

Błękit Marii Kazimiery? Holenderskie flizy oraz program ikonograficzny w Sali Fontany w krakowskiej kamienicy „Pod Gruszką”

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Oczko P., Pluis J.

Biuletyn Historii Sztuki

2014

vol. 76

issue 1

53-82

In the paper the authors deal with the Baroque interior of the so-called Fontana’s Room in the ‘House Under the Pear’, 1 Szczepańska Str., Kraków, decorated with Dutch tiles and stuccoes made by an Italian artist Baldassare Fontana in ca. 1698-1702. The interpretation of the stuccoes (allegories of various arts and sciences, peace and wealth, moreover, a Polish eagle treading upon a Turkish crescent) leads to the conclusion that a deliberate iconographic programme has been applied in the interior in question, referring to the Polish King Jan III Sobieski who in 1683 defeated the Turkish army at the gates of Vienna. Dutch tiles decorating the walls consist of two thematic groups: shepherd tiles (made in Harlingen ca. 1690-1700) and landscapes and genre scenes (made in the workshop of Willem van der Kloet in Amsterdam ca. 1690-1700), the latter being possibly added in the 19 th century. Owing to the fact that the fashion for Dutch tiles was introduced to Poland by the King’s French wife, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d’Arquien, Fontana’s Room actually follows the taste of the royal family. The authors trace the history of the room and the changes in its interior.

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The Scripture on Tiles: Dutch Tiles as an Example of the Biblical Culture of Everyday in the Republic

Błękit Marii Kazimiery? Holenderskie flizy oraz program ikonograficzny w Sali Fontany w krakowskiej kamienicy „Pod Gruszką”