plaque
- Museum number
- WB.35
- Description
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Painted Limoges enamel plaque; copper, oval; concave with a moulded rim; standing figure of an allegorical figure of wisdom, Minerva?, holding a mirror and stick with a snake; at her feet, another snake and an owl sitting upon two books and a quill pen; in background, a hamlet and outskirts of a town; painted in semi-opaque enamels over a white preparation with translucent enamels over coloured foils and grisaille with flesh tones; details produced by enlevage, painted on foils, white highlights or gilding; counter enamel translucent with liverish flux.
- Production date
- 1560-1570 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 35 centimetres
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Weight: 667 grammes
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Width: 23.10 centimetres
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Depth: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Provenance: None is recorded.
Bibliography: Charles Hercules Read, 'The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898', London, 1902, no. 35; O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.35.
- Location
- On display (G2a/dc2)
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Acquisition notes
- This collection is known as the Waddesdon Bequest under the terms of Baron Ferdinand Rothschild’s will.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- WB.35
