plaque
- Museum number
- 1855,0625.17
- Description
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Plaque, rectangular; painted Limoges enamel on copper: illustration of part of The Lord's Prayer; the Road to Calvary. Inscribed in a strapwork label: TA VOLENTE SOIT FAIC / TE AI SY EN LA TERRE CO / ME AV CIEL. Painted in grisaille with flesh tones on a dark ground; details gilt. Counter-enamel a transparent flux.
- Production date
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1540-1560 (circa)
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1575-1590
- Dimensions
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Length: 11.80 centimetres
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Width: 8.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Verdier Handlist, no. 30. Part of a set with 1855, 0625, 18. Attributed to the Pénicaud workshop, either a late work of Jean II but more probably by Jean III.
For comparable examples, see Verdier, 1967, pp. 117-119.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Road to Calvary
- Associated titles
Inscription from: Lord's Prayer
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1855,0625.17
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: OA.302 (painted on reverse)