Artist
Jean de CourtFrench, active c. 1550–1585
Artist
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the ElderFrench, c. 1515–after 1584
CultureFrench
Titles
- Ewer
Datemid-16th–late 16th century
Made innear Limoges, France
MediumCopper and enamel
Dimensions10 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (26.7 × 17.5 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society
Object number2014.206
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
207 Powell Gallery
On view
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Department
RienziObject Type
Exhibition HistoryUnion Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1865.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Possibly maker's mark painted on bottom center: sunburst design
Painted near the opening of the spout: "I" and "C"
Oval sticker on bottom center, handwritten: "F 54" / "G H 50"
Square sticker on bottom: "Collection" / "Alex BRUNET"
Square sticker on bottom: "336"
Sticker/white tape on bottom, handwritten:"B. Gust. de Rothschild"
Painted near the opening of the spout: "I" and "C"
Oval sticker on bottom center, handwritten: "F 54" / "G H 50"
Square sticker on bottom: "Collection" / "Alex BRUNET"
Square sticker on bottom: "336"
Sticker/white tape on bottom, handwritten:"B. Gust. de Rothschild"
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Jean de Court
1578
Watercolor and gouache on vellum; with gold, silver and resin
2021.29
Unknown French
c. 1225–1250
Gilt copper and champlevé enamel
70.38