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Plaque Depicting a Scene from the Aeneid

1500s

Jean II Pénicaud

(French, c. 1520–1588)
France, Limoges
painted enamel (grisaille) on copper with gilding
Overall: 6.4 x 26.7 cm (2 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Gift of Robert A. Weaver 1940.140
Location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance
  • (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
  • Milliken, William. "European Enamels Presented by Robert A. Weaver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 10 (December 1940): 151-153 Reproduced: p. 150; Mentioned: p. 152 www.jstor.org
  • 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    Exhibition of Enamels. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (February 27-April 1, 1950).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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