15929706690001312637261000Standard Recordobject-156430170966176120217091246790001709661757485fitz-onlineadlib-object-156430https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156430333c62cd-ad2a-37a8-ada6-929a4578672d81786–1867referenceagent-83744adlib-agent-837440425c4cf-7e24-317e-91ee-38840b1cc6aaMagniac, Hollingworthreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-120007adlib-term-12000700af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785bFrank McCleanblue, turquoise, green, yellow, pale mulberry, pale purple, brown, black, and whitereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDecorationslightly convex D-shaped copper plaque, painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pale mulberry, pale purple, brown, black, and white enamel on a white ground. Clear counter-enamel with dark brown spots and mottled brown areas.referenceterm-28662adlib-term-28662dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8enamellingreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingredreferenceterm-40762adlib-term-40762fbb529f4-e645-3a9c-9180-ebc86dbfdc51velvetreferenceterm-106692adlib-term-106692ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4woodreferenceterm-107470adlib-term-107470f6217ee1-61ca-3c57-92a1-dd13e97bc77cgilt-metalHeightcm32.3Widthcm41.7FrameHeightcm27.5Widthcm37.5Plaquereferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyApplied ArtsCopper plaque with a white ground, painted in enamels with a horse, two men, an old woman, a boy, and a dogSlightly convex D-shaped copper plaque, painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pale mulberry, pale purple, brown, black, and white enamel on a white ground. Clear counter-enamel with dark brown spots and mottled brown areas. On the left a saddled white horse stands in profile to the right. A youth wearing a turquoise phrygian cap, a blue tunic, and yellow boots stands behind the horse, and has his right arm over the saddle. Two men stand by the horse’s head holding its bridle. One, perhaps Hercules? wears a brown lion’s mask, a brown tunic, and turquoise skirt . The other who has his back to the viewer, points with his right arm towards the right. He wears a turquoise helmet al antica with feather, a brown tunic with a triangular turquoise collar over a garment with blue, green and yellow sleeves, and blue and yellow tights. He has a sword, and three brown bags are suspended from beneath his tunic. An angry small boy wearing a yellow tunic runs from the right towards the horses, shaking his fist. An old woman wearing a blue dress and white cap stands behind him gesticulating. In front of her in the foreground, another man, perhaps a peasant, has his back to the viewer, and holds out both his arms out towards the left. He wears a yellow hat, a pink tunic, and ragged calf-length breeches, and has a knife in a brown sheath suspended from his waist. In the left foreground, a white dog runs towards the figures. The ground is painted with areas of pale purple and green, and there are two yellow plants in the foreground. Gold is used sparingly on the edge of the woman’s cap, for the pattern on the sheath of the knife of the man standing in front of her, on the helmet and its feather on the other man, and on the edges of the horse’s equipment. The plaque is mounted in a D-shaped wooden frame. covered in red velvet, with a gilt-metal inner edge on the front. The frame covers the edges of the plaque at the back.referenceexhibition-2107adlib-exhibition-210707086265-735b-3fd0-90c6-7b1c4f93cb94Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest, Catalogue of the Mediaeval Ivories, Enamels, Jewellery, Gems and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed to the Museum By Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S.M.44-19041accession numberM.44-1904156430priref156430urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156430https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156430circular paper label printed in black with ‘.MAGNIAC• COLLECTION’ between concentric circles, and inscribed ‘247’ in black ink in the middle.on the reverseprinted in black and hand-written in black ink'.MAGNIAC• COLLECTION' printed in black, '247' hand-written in black inklabelsquare paper label printed in blackon backprinted in blackBEQUEATHED BY/FRANK McCLEAN/M.A. F.R.S.: F.R.A.S:/of Trinity College/November MDCCCCIVlabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumFrank McClean Bequestreferenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frank190419041904bequeathed156515651565circa156515731573 is the latest date on an enamel attributed to Léonard Limosin1157315731573probablymakerreferenceagent-79998adlib-agent-799988b231843-3ad1-36a8-8be1-daf567af41aeLimosin, LéonardThis plaque was attributed to Leonard Limosin and dated about 1570 by J.C. Robinson in 1862, and in the Magniac sale catalogue of 1892, where the composition was described as ‘animated even dramatic, and the execution, though verging on coarseness is bold and spiritied; it is painted in colours on a white ground, peculiar to Leonard in his later time.’ Dalton, 1912, was more cautious, remarking that it ‘appears to be by someone influenced by his style’. However, Philippe Verdier when he visited the Fitzwilliam, supported the earlier attribution to Léonard Limousin. The subject has not been identified. The lack of stirrups on the horse and the Phrygian cap worn by the man standing behind the horse, suggest that it depicts a classical rather than a contemporary subject, perhaps the departure of Hector for the Trojan War.
The thin application of translucent enamels over a white ground is a characteristic of some enamels by Limosin made in the 1560s and early 1570s The similarities between these enamels and the Fitzwilliam's plaque support its attribution to Léonard Limosin. Horses with similarly fierce eyes, and figures with elongated tapering legs appear in a plaque of 'Theseus and the Queen of the Amazons' dated 1563 in the Musée national de la Renaissance at Écouen. The dog, horse, and streaky colouring of the ground with small yellow plants are strongly reminiscent of those on an oval plaque in the Louvre representing Spring, on which a man and woman on horseback ride through a landscape accompanied by a white hound. This probably formed part of a set of Seasons, of which Winter also in the Louvre, is dated 1572. A large undated plaque in the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, titled 'The Children of Mars', depicts a contemporary scene of soldiers pillaging a village, and includes a horse with a saddle and stirrups being led away by a soldier and gesticulating figures reminiscent of those on the Fitzwilliam's plaque, particularly a man shown from the back with both arms raised to the rightreferenceterm-125332adlib-term-12533276f10b5d-9bf4-36d4-b4e3-f4df05af826016th Century, third quarter#referenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-15498adlib-term-1549861725bf5-360f-3837-8aab-3c90b956a537literalFranceFrancecountryliteralHaute VienneHaute VienneregionLimogesslightly convexreferenceterm-39588adlib-term-39588b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191copperreferencemedia-136135adlib-media-1361353d390d3f-a2f5-33ca-b656-9679942af335jpegaa/aa20/M_44_1904_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels597widthpixels76016162499739691imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_44_1904_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels393widthpixels50016162499739691imagejpegaa/aa20/M_44_1904_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels597widthpixels76016162499739691imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_44_1904_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels196widthpixels25016162499739691image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107484adlib-term-107484935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fdplaqueobject namereferenceterm-125750adlib-term-1257502b10ac09-63c3-34ed-87d5-487058c1c344Limoges painted enamelscategoryhistory noteHollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire; his son, Charles Magniac; sold Christie’s, 2,4-8 and 11-15 July 1892, Catalogue of the renowned collection of works of art chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac Esq. (known as the Colworth Collection, 3rd Day, 5 July, lot 247; sold for £31.10.0 to Frank McClean, MA, FRS (1837-1904), Tunbridge Wells.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. pp. 50-1, no. 9150-1referencepublication-1784adlib-publication-17848a815b67-3d4c-3e66-a650-319e5ca61b5cNotice of the Principal Works of Art in the Collection of Hollingworth MagniacPubl. day 3, 5 July, p. 74, lot 24774referencepublication-5925adlib-publication-59255e8330b4-b645-34d4-88b6-acecc1f61ce6Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art, chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (Known as the Colworth Collection)Publ., p. 113, no. 68113referencepublication-4060adlib-publication-40600f6d91a4-87ab-338c-b868-7d56c66bc250Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest, Catalogue of the Mediaeval Ivories, Enamels, Jewellery, Gems and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S.Cf. p. 87, no. 22, the Month of May, for a comparable horse, see also p.86, no. 20 Henry II on horseback in style of the Roman statue of Marcus Aurelius. See also p. 72, pl. 32, Theseus meeting the Queen of the Amazons, which is a superb example of Leonard Limosin's Mannerist figures, horses, and pale colouring.87referencepublication-6114adlib-publication-6114874a5d9f-525d-322e-acd2-702e45c4fcf0Léonard Limosin au Musée du Louvrereferencepublication-6073adlib-publication-6073273632b3-da99-366e-9c3b-efd466467b8eLes émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'artCf. p. 365-6, inv. no. 1931.317, a large plaque in the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, which is decorated with a busy scene representing the ‘Children of Mars’, which features rural activities, a horse, and several gesticulating figures reminiscent of those on the Fitzwilliam’s plaque365-6referencepublication-200002173adlib-publication-200002173015e9a2c-0df7-319b-bea0-58099aae6226Limoges Enamelsreferenceterm-10600adlib-term-1060002211e31-dcc2-3d71-afd8-d51e21c5dc5fMannerismanimalreferenceterm-118890adlib-term-118890ea7c42bb-5706-36b1-b276-500b1ad2f9edhorseanimalreferenceterm-81073adlib-term-81073afcd0aec-cc0b-385e-8b79-3c42b02cf3e8dogliteralhorsehorseliteraldogdogreferenceterm-107484adlib-term-107484935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fdplaqueplaqueA Scene from Classical Mythology or Historyobject
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