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Object Type
Museum number: 1882,0717.1
Description: Painted Limoges enamel plaque; copper, rectangular; the Calumny of Apelles; on left is seated Folly with long ears and crowned, supported by Ignorance crowned and Suspicion, to them Envy introduces Calumny who is dragging Innocence by the hair; behind stand four other figures: Abiptone, Insidia, Penitentia and Verita; background represents the Piazza of SS Giovanni and Paolo at Venice; painted in grisaille on a black ground with highlights in gilding; counter enamel transparent and colourless; stamped with the punched lion mark of the Master K I P Jean Poilleve.
Producer name
Production date: 1540-1550 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Limoges
Materials: copper; enamel; gold
Technique: enamelled; painted; gilded
Dimensions: Length: 8.90 centimetres; Width: 11 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: From the engraving by Mocetto after Andrea Mantegna. This plaque is not signed on the front in the enamel but has a lion stamp with IK on the reverse.South Kensington Museum Loan Exhibition 1862, no.1687, formerly Debruge Dumenil, Rattier and Hamilton Palace collections.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: Lucian; Associated with: Apelles
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Venice
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1882,0717.1

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