Calendar plate (October)
Artist: Pierre Reymond
The plate is painted on both sides in grisaille, flesh tints and gilding on a black ground, above is a scorpion representing the month of October, the scene is of two woodcutters in a landscape, the border has grotesque ornament with putti and a coat-of-arms. The reverse is decorated with a profile bust, roll work with fruits and angel heads, the border has three Renaissance anchor marks and is signed P.R. in gold.
- Date
- c. 1568
- In our collection
- since April the 6th, 2017 up to now
- Dimensions
- 3/4 x 8 in. (1.9 x 20.32 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Enamel on copper
- Price
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- Composition
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iron 66% atium 24% copper 10%