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Antonin-Pierre Topart, painter and enamellist, was born in Paris in 1833 and exhibited at the Paris Salons between 1864 and 1882.
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THE ENAMEL PROBABLY BY ANTONIN-PIERRE TOPART, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French carved ivory frame containing a painted enamel plaque
The enamel probably by Antonin-Pierre Topart, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Of architectural out-shape, the pediment with a strapwork cartouche above a panel depicting Actaeon surprising Diana and her companions while bathing, above a further panel of the huntress as a personification of Chastity in a horse drawn chariot carrying a shield to protect her from Love's arrows, the enamel plaque to the centre depicting her attribute as a moon goddess with her hounds, flanked to each side by a female caryatid holding a fruit-filled basket, the reverse engraved with a verse: HEUREUX LE JOUR L'AN LE MOIS & LA PLACE L'HEURE & LE TEMPS OU VOS YEUX M'ONT TUE SINON TUE A TOUT LE MOINS MUE COMME MEDUSE EN UNE FROIDE GLACE, in original leather case
8 in. (20 cm.) high
The enamel probably by Antonin-Pierre Topart, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Of architectural out-shape, the pediment with a strapwork cartouche above a panel depicting Actaeon surprising Diana and her companions while bathing, above a further panel of the huntress as a personification of Chastity in a horse drawn chariot carrying a shield to protect her from Love's arrows, the enamel plaque to the centre depicting her attribute as a moon goddess with her hounds, flanked to each side by a female caryatid holding a fruit-filled basket, the reverse engraved with a verse: HEUREUX LE JOUR L'AN LE MOIS & LA PLACE L'HEURE & LE TEMPS OU VOS YEUX M'ONT TUE SINON TUE A TOUT LE MOINS MUE COMME MEDUSE EN UNE FROIDE GLACE, in original leather case
8 in. (20 cm.) high
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