ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE PENICAUD, LIMOGES, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CIRCULAR ENAMEL PLATE
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE PENICAUD, LIMOGES, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The bowl depicting Moses accepting the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, the reverse with a profile portrait of a Classical woman
8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Baratte, Les Emaux Peints de Limoges, Paris, 2000, pp. 105-112.

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Lot Essay

The present enamel plate can be compared with other examples attributed to the 16th century enameller Pierre Penicaud. An enamel by Penicaud in the Louvre depicting The People paying Homage to Psyche (op. cit., no. R 309, p. 111) is stylistically closely similar, in particular when one examines the portrait profile to the reverse of each.

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