File:Jean Limosin II - Salt Cellar - The Muses - Walters 44360.jpg
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[edit]Salt Cellar: The Muses
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Jean Limosin II (French, active ca. early 17th century) (?) |
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Salt Cellar: The Muses |
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English: The concave hexagonal body flares into a molded circular base. In the receptacle (saleron) is delineated a female bust, in profile to the right, against a black background powdered with gilt dots. She wears a costume with square neckline, showing the frill of the underdress, and a blue bonnet encircled with a wreath of laurel. The molded rim is decorated with scrolls. Each of the six concave panels on the sides displays a full-length figure of a Muse playing a musical instrument. One is following the notes on a score with her left forefinger. The figures stand on basin-shaped podia, supported by brackets of foliage, and beneath canopies with lambrequins. Vines twisted around gilt rods separate the panels. The convex base is decorated with foliate scrolls animated by parrots. The underside is enameled in black powdered with fleurs-de-lys, quatrefoils and dots of gold. On the panel representing the Muse playing the guitar is lettered in gold the signature I L, with a fleur-de-lys painted faintly between the two initials.
The shape of the salt cellar, a "piédouche" with hexagonal body, appeared in metalwork towards the end of the 16th century. Such enameled salt cellars were executed in pairs. |
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| Date | 1st quarter 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | painted enamel on copper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 10 cm (3.9 in); width: 14 cm (5.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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44.360 |
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| Place of creation | Limoges, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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