15929997760001312637261000Standard Recordobject-156441170948896105117094758180001709488958915fitz-onlineadlib-object-156441https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1564413820d3ad-ccde-34de-ba66-3809719445c49referenceagent-83744adlib-agent-837440425c4cf-7e24-317e-91ee-38840b1cc6aaMagniac, Hollingworthpersonreferenceagent-149696adlib-agent-149696c1d7b5bf-63d4-3ba4-a080-9810b80bf16cChristpersonreferenceagent-180034adlib-agent-18003453452a02-005c-3d51-9863-57eef2d9b8b0disciplereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-125750adlib-term-1257502b10ac09-63c3-34ed-87d5-487058c1c344Limoges painted enamelsreferenceterm-120007adlib-term-12000700af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785bFrank McCleanbrown, black and whitereferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationrectangular, slightly convex copper plaque with incurved edge on the reverse, the front enamelled en grisaille and brown on a black ground and gilded. The drawing is in black with enlevage. The reverse has clear counter-enamel with a red veined appearance.referenceterm-28662adlib-term-28662dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8enamellingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-39588adlib-term-39588b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191copperPlaqueApplied ArtsCopper enamelled in grisaille and brown on a black ground, and gilded. Christ and the twelve apostles are seated at a round table in a polygonal room. Signed '•P•R•’ and dated ‘154Z’ in the right top corner.Rectangular, slightly convex copper plaque with incurved edge on the reverse. Copper, enamelled en grisaille and brown on a black ground and gilded. The drawing is in black with enlevage. The reverse has clear counter-enamel with a red veined appearance, much of the central area covered by a black subsance.
The Last Supper is taking place in a polygonal room. It has a brick wall in the middle, two oval windows on either side with a cornice above, and a chandelier in the middle. The twelve disciples are seated round a table with Christ below the chandelier. Two on each side sit with their backs to the viewer on wooden benches with carved scrolling foliage on the sides. The end of one is carved with a reclining putto, and the other with two struggling men. One of the men on the right holds a money bag identifying him as Judas. The floor tiles are decorated alternatively with a heraldic lion and a floral motif on a white ground. Gold is used for Christ’s halo, the string on the money bag, and for a narrow gold line running round the edge of the scene The black border has been painted white. Signed '•P•R•’ and dated ‘154Z’ in brownish-black in the right top corner223referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)M.52-19041accession numberM.52-1904156441priref156441urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156441https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156441on front top right cornerpainted in brownish-black•P•R•maker's markon front top right cornerpainted in brownish-black154Zdatereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumFrank McClean Bequestreferenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frank190419041904bequeathed1542CE1542dated1542enamellerreferenceagent-114217adlib-agent-114217d84e37de-af7e-3317-8a55-c97eb4e99bccReymond, PierreThis devotional plaque shows The Last Supper which is described in three of the Gospels - Matthew 26, 20-30; Mark 14, 17-26, and Luke 22,14-38 - and is briefly mentioned in St John 13, 1-3. It was Jesus’ final meal before he was crucified, when he commanded his disciples to eat and drink in remembrance of him. The ritual re- enactment of this holy meal – the Eucharist or Holy Communion – became the central act of Christian worship, when the body and blood of Christ (in the form of bread and wine) were consumed for spiritual nourishment. During the Reformation the interpretation of Jesus' words was one of major sources of contention between Catholics and Protestants.
The plaque would probably have formed part of a framed series depicting the Passion of Christ which traditionally began with Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and ended with his Entombment, but was frequently continued to his Resurrection, or Ascension. Very few groups of grisaille Passion plaques have survived together, so it is not possible to say whether this was part of a large series forming an altar piece for a church, or a smaller group for private devotions. Although clearly influenced by Albrecht Dürer's 'Last Supper in his series of woodcuts known as the 'Small Passion' executed in 1509-10, neither the majority of the figures, nor the setting are the same. The young St John is depicted on the viewer's right of Christ, and not leaning across in front of him as if falling asleep, a chandelier, and a tiled floor have been inserted, and a large flagon has been omitted.
Pierre Reymond's earliest enamels were made in the 1530s, and his workshop was to become one of the most prolific in Limoges in the third quarter of the century. Of his grisaille Passion plaques dating from after 1540, the largest group is of six plaques in the Detroit Institute of Arts, all initialled ‘·P·R·’ or ‘P·R’ and three dated ‘1542’, derived from prints by Dürer, Schongauer, Schäufelein, and possibly Monogrammist AG (inv. nos. 21.171-21.176). Although the Fitzwilliam's plaque is a little less high, it is possible that it was once part of the same group. A plaque of the 'Arrest of Christ', also initialled ‘·P·R·’ and dated ‘1542’, in an American private collection, also seems likely to have been from the same series. However, it is also possible that Reymond produced more than one series of Passion plaques in 1542.referenceterm-120009adlib-term-120009690a6332-cfc1-3411-a716-4dd4ec7d9a6516th Century, second quarter#referenceterm-15498adlib-term-1549861725bf5-360f-3837-8aab-3c90b956a537literalFranceFrancecountryliteralHaute VienneHaute VienneregionLimogesHeightcm14.9Widthcm12.4referencemedia-136155adlib-media-1361555587b0fd-d0bc-3a01-b3c9-32a88e5bd8e7jpegaa/aa20/M_52_1904_20_283_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels63516162548883481imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_52_1904_20_283_29.jpg1heightpixels598widthpixels50016162548883481imagejpegaa/aa20/M_52_1904_20_283_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels63516162548883481imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_52_1904_20_283_29.jpg1heightpixels299widthpixels25016162548883481image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107484adlib-term-107484935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fdplaquehistory noteHollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire; his son,Charles Magniac (1827–91); 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, July 5, lot 230, sold for £27.6.0 to Frank McClean, Tonbridge Wells.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl., p. 110, no. 65, pl. XXII110referencepublication-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.Publ. p. 191, fig. 6.15, and p. 252, cat. 223.191, 252referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800referenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancenamed eventreferenceterm-110113adlib-term-1101133ad0b1d1-980f-3d3a-acf0-86c128f79936Last SupperliteralLast SupperLast Supperreferenceterm-107484adlib-term-107484935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fdplaqueplaqueThe Last Supperobject
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