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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
iron66%
atium24%
copper10%