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ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF PIERRE REYMOND (1513–1584), CIRCA 1570-80
The Months of the Year
Set of ten oval enamel plaques; each with a scene representing a month of the year with a zodiac symbol in clouds and inscribed with the name of the month to the lower edge; each in a later gilt metal frame with loop for hanging; each of the plaques with numerous paper labels to the reverse including one inscribed 'GLASGOW ART / GALLERIES & MUSEUMS / Reg. No. 04-39-j' on the month of August and eight indicating the J.P. Morgan Collection
31⁄2 x 41⁄8 in. (9 x 10.5 cm.) overall
Provenance
The J.P. Morgan Collection (eight of the plaques).
Koller, Zurich, 24 September 1996, lot 15, where acquired by Alice and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
S. L. Caroselli, The Painted Enamels of Limoges, Los Angeles, 1993, pp. 80-133.
S. Baratte, Les Emaux peints de Limoges, Paris, 2000, pp. 222-230.
V. Notin et al., La Rencontre des Héros, exhibition catalogue, Musée municipal de l'Évêché, Limoges, 2002, pp. 158-178.
S. Higgott, The Wallace Collection – Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels, London, 2011, pp. 260-263.Special notice
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