# Ceramic Floor

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ABAQUESNE, Masséot](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abaquesne-massot-r382558ab80b081>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Ceramics

## Commentary

This tile floor originally surrounded the altar of the chapel at La Bâtie-d&#39;Urfé. Sphinxes, burning braziers, florets, ribbons, angels and terms float freely in this design, which was inspired by ancient grotesques.

## Related artworks

- [Albarello](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abaquesne-massot-r382558ab80b081/albarello-r21db5c14227e69>)
- [Ceramic Floor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abaquesne-massot-r382558ab80b081/ceramic-floor-r04e4f30d38baa4>)
- [The Flood](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abaquesne-massot-r382558ab80b081/the-flood-rb2cf0c7d12e000>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)