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Description: | Artist: Pénicaud, Jean II, maker - French enamelist, act.1530-1588;
Production Place: Limoges; Date(s): circa 1550 - 1575; Classification(s): enamels, pendant medallion, enamelling, circular, and slightly convex copper plaque, with a small circular hole at 3 and at 9 o’clock, enamelled en grisaille on a black ground, and gilded. The black enamel appears brownish-red near the edges. The chiaroscuro was produced by the enlevage technique with hatching and cross-hatching in the background and on the horses. The reverse has translucent counter-enamel which appears pinkish-red from the oxydization of the copper beneath it. The enamel has blackened and shrunk away from the two holes. There are several brownish-black speckles in the counter-enamel elsewhere.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1961-04-27, Louis.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 [M.118-1961]
Description: Circular, and slightly convex copper plaque, with a small circular hole at 3 and at 9 o’clock. Copper enamelled in grisaille on a black ground, and gilded. The black enamel appears brownish-red near the edges. The chiaroscuro was produced by the enlevage technique with hatching and cross-hatching in the background and on the horses. The reverse has translucent counter-enamel which appears pinkish-red from the oxydization of the copper beneath it. The enamel has blackened and shrunk away from the two holes. There are several brownish-black speckles in the counter-enamel elsewhere.
The front is decorated with a battle scene. In the foreground there are two rearing horses mounted by warriors wearing Roman armour and helmets. One, on the left, carries a banner, the other, in the middle, is about to slay a nude man standing with his back to the viewer in the right foreground. Behind him is another horseman, clad only in a pleated skirt. Behind them there are fifteen men, wholly or partly visible, some of whom brandish swords. The swords and the horses’ bridles are gold. The edge is white and is encircled by a narrow gold band.
The circular metal alloy mount has a toothed inner edge, and at the top has a circular ring and a loose suspension ring. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Jean II Pénicaud pendant medallion enamels | Temporal: | name=third quarter of 16th century; start=1550; end=1575 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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