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The Ateliers Clérissy were pottery factories specializing in faience operated by members of the Clérissy family in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in Marseille, France and elsewhere. Family members continued to produce faïence in different locations until 1733. ==Moustiers== Faïence tin-glazed pottery takes its name from Faenza, Italy, which became a center of manufacture and export in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The first faïence works in Moustiers was founded around 1679 by Pierre Clérissy (born around 1651), who came from a long line of local potters. From 1702 he was assisted by his son Antoine. Until 1715, Pierre and Antoine Clérissy were the only family making faïence in Moustiers. The painters and decorators François, Gaspard and Jean-Baptiste Viry, father and sons, worked in their factory. Between 1679 and around 1730 the Clérissy factory in Moustiers produced high quality work in monochrome cobalt blue on a white background. The styles included the "Louis XIV" style where large game dishes had decorations on mythological or religious themes, decorations inspired by the work of Jean Bérain the Elder, introduced to Moustiers about 1710, and a series with floral decorations and patterned borders. The styles were sober and simple, suitable for the tables of rich and distinguished people. Many of the plates painted by Gaspard Viry are signed, often depicting scenes of the chase after engravings by Antonio Tempesta. In some, Tempesta's drawings are faithfully reproduced, but in other Viry has added his own details. Jean-Baptiste Viry also copied Tempesta, but with a distinctly different style. A pair of vases produced by Pierre Clerissy depict scenes from Greek mythology, accurately reproducing prints by Frans Floris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ateliers Clérissy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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