French ceramist, who was the first grand-master of the glazed pottery at Sotteville-lès-Rouen (20 years before Bernard Palissy). He took part in the development of the ceramic factory of Rouen. He was the author - among others - of the ceramic triptych representing the Flood (1550, Écouen, Musée de la Renaissance).
The shape and the brightly coloured enamels of this albarello (pharmacy jar) evoke Faenzan pottery.
Abaquesne presence in Rouen is documented from 1526, in 1545 he received an enormous commission for 310 dozen pots and trivets from a Rouen apothecary, Pierre Dubosc.
The museum of �couen owns several tile floors and wall compositions commissioned by Anne de Montmorency from Mass�ot Abaquesne. The segment of flooring shown in the picture is from the Gal�rie de Psych�.
This tile floor originally surrounded the altar of the chapel at La Bâtie-d’Urf�. Sphinxes, burning braziers, florets, ribbons, angels and terms float freely in this design, which was inspired by ancient grotesques.
This composition is from a set of three narrating the story of the Flood. Its bright palette, of Italian inspiration, was already a feature of the first works by this potter from Rouen.
