THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
AN OVAL ENAMEL PLAQUE DEPICTING CUPID AND PSYCHE

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN III PÉNICAUD (ACTIVE THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

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AN OVAL ENAMEL PLAQUE DEPICTING CUPID AND PSYCHE
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN III PÉNICAUD (ACTIVE THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

In a later ormolu frame with hinged support and suspension loop at reverse.
Minor damages to left and right edges; damage to hinge of support.
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high, overall
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Verdier, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, Baltimore, 1967, pp. xix-xx, nos. 56, 59.

拍品專文

The flickering, almost impressionistic brushstrokes evident in the present piece are typical of the work of Jean III Pénicaud, a member of the famous family of Limoges enamellers. In particular, the cherub on the left side of this plaque is directly comparable to the figures on the interior of a tazza cover in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, which has been attributed to Jean III Pénicaud (Verdier, op. cit., no. 56).