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Plaque Depicting the Trojan Horse from the Aeneid

c. 1530–40

Master of the Aeneid Series

(French)
Culture
France, Limoges
Medium
painted enamel on copper, gilt-silver frame
Measurements
Overall: 23.8 x 21.4 cm (9 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1974.40
Public Domain
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Location
114 Late Northern Renaissance
Print

Description

This plaque is among the earliest examples of the technique of enamel on copper used during the Renaissance to depict secular scenes. Although it illustrates a passage from the ancient text of the Aeneid, the architecture and dress are more reflective of the courtly style popular in 16th-century France, when this work was made.
A square enamel plaque depicts a large white horse centered among a crowd. Framed in gilt-silver and red velvet, the composition features the walled city of Troy on our right. People with light skin tones in blue and gold tunics surround the horse. To our left, Priam and Sinon stand together. On our right, a man thrusts a spear into the horse's flank near a small door. Blue enamel fills the starry sky.

Plaque Depicting the Trojan Horse from the Aeneid

c. 1530–40

Master of the Aeneid Series

(French)
France, Limoges

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