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LIMOGES, 2ND QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Details
TWO RECTANGULAR PARCEL-GILT ENAMEL PLAQUES OF THE NATIVITY AND THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED
LIMOGES, 2ND QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
the first depicting Mary and Joseph flanking the infant Christ, with classical architecture behind; the second plaque depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned in a landscape, flanked by angels and other figures; each in a later parcel-gilt wood frame, one with a coat-of-arms at lower centre and several paper labels to the reverse, one printed in black and red ink: 'ADMINISTRATION IMPERIALE DU PALAIS DE L'ERMITAGE/Salle: 33161 Numero 0160', with a red wax seal stamped: '…RATION/…PALAIS/IMPERIALE' and another paper label inscribed in ink '2./2. H. C. BLOOMINGDALE', all laid over an 18th century label inscribed in black ink
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 7 ½ (19 cm.) wide, the Nativity enamel; 10 3⁄8 in. (26.5 cm.) high; 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide, the Virgin and Child Enthroned enamel; 15 7⁄8 in. (40.4 cm.) high; 10 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.) wide, overall
LIMOGES, 2ND QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
the first depicting Mary and Joseph flanking the infant Christ, with classical architecture behind; the second plaque depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned in a landscape, flanked by angels and other figures; each in a later parcel-gilt wood frame, one with a coat-of-arms at lower centre and several paper labels to the reverse, one printed in black and red ink: 'ADMINISTRATION IMPERIALE DU PALAIS DE L'ERMITAGE/Salle: 33161 Numero 0160', with a red wax seal stamped: '…RATION/…PALAIS/IMPERIALE' and another paper label inscribed in ink '2./2. H. C. BLOOMINGDALE', all laid over an 18th century label inscribed in black ink
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 7 ½ (19 cm.) wide, the Nativity enamel; 10 3⁄8 in. (26.5 cm.) high; 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide, the Virgin and Child Enthroned enamel; 15 7⁄8 in. (40.4 cm.) high; 10 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.) wide, overall
Provenance
Count Palin Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg,
H. C. Bloomingdale,
Paula de Koenigsburg,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
H. C. Bloomingdale,
Paula de Koenigsburg,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Brought to you by
Charlotte Young
Associate Director, Specialist