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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
(LOTS 449-454)
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PLAQUE
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY NURENBURG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
细节
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PLAQUE
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY NURENBURG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Circular, cast and chased in high relief with a battle scene with a cityscape in the background, with beaded and matted border, engraved with Latin inscription
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam.
gross weight 11 oz. 14 dwt. (364 gr.)
The inscription, which is composed of alternating hexameter and pentameter lines - elegiac couplets, reads 'Argotici repetunt Helenam per bela, perenses, Et ducibus Phrygys prælia dira monent, Sæuitat ante alios ferrobellator Achilles, Data, repentinæ corpora multa neci'. This translates as 'The Greeks seek to reclaim Helen with spears and swords, and threaten the Trojan leaders with terrible battle. But before all others warlike Achilles rages, and sends many bodies to a sudden death.. This would appear to be taken from Ovid, particularly Johann Spreng's, Metamorphoses Illustratae of 1563 with woodcuts by Virgil Solis. The upper part of the battle scene depicted on the plaque loosely corresponds to the Solis illustration, however the foreground is more densely packed with fallen horses and warriors.
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY NURENBURG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Circular, cast and chased in high relief with a battle scene with a cityscape in the background, with beaded and matted border, engraved with Latin inscription
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam.
gross weight 11 oz. 14 dwt. (364 gr.)
The inscription, which is composed of alternating hexameter and pentameter lines - elegiac couplets, reads 'Argotici repetunt Helenam per bela, perenses, Et ducibus Phrygys prælia dira monent, Sæuitat ante alios ferrobellator Achilles, Data, repentinæ corpora multa neci'. This translates as 'The Greeks seek to reclaim Helen with spears and swords, and threaten the Trojan leaders with terrible battle. But before all others warlike Achilles rages, and sends many bodies to a sudden death.. This would appear to be taken from Ovid, particularly Johann Spreng's, Metamorphoses Illustratae of 1563 with woodcuts by Virgil Solis. The upper part of the battle scene depicted on the plaque loosely corresponds to the Solis illustration, however the foreground is more densely packed with fallen horses and warriors.
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Matilda Burn