Ewer

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Artist Jean de Court(French, active c. 1550–1585)French, active c. 1550–1585

Artist Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder(French, c. 1515–after 1584)French, 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

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

ENAMEL

ProvenanceBorghese collection, Rome; Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris; his son, Baron Robert de Rothschild (1880-1946), Paris; his daughter, Diane Benvenuti (1907-1996); [Drouot, 11th June 1997, lot 117]; collection Dr. Alex Brunet, Angers; private collection, Belgium; [j. Kuget Antiquaries, Anatole, Frane]]; purchased by MFAH, 2014
Exhibition HistoryUnion Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1865.

"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 4-Nov. 23,2024 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References Byrom, G.H., "Limoges," Jane Turner, ed, The Dictionary of Art, (New York: Grove Dictionaries, Inc., vol. 19) 396-97. Caroselli, Susan L., "The Painted Enamels of Limoges: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art," (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993), 162-65. Grand-Dewyse, Camille, "Emaux de Limoges: au temps des guerres de Religion," (Rennes, France: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011). Higgott, Suzanne, "The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Glass and Lomoges Painted Enamels" (London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 2011). Speel, Erika, "Painted Enamels: An Illustrated Survey, 1500-1920," (Lund Humphries: Burlington, VT, 2008), 28-43; 129-40; 179-80. 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"

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