plaque
- Museum number
- 1882,0717.1
- Description
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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.
- Production date
- 1540-1550 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 8.90 centimetres
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Width: 11 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- 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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1882,0717.1
