1592999766000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-139826 1747160557257 1730835776000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-139826 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139826 2161a683-841c-3ebb-ad57-f0bb7ae8697c 11 Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Paris reference agent-207863 adlib-agent-207863 d865ee7e-3e31-3ccf-bd4d-f4ee11e387b0 Rothschild, James Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris reference agent-179479 adlib-agent-179479 bcd7b9cc-879f-37ac-90a7-2097d525fb8b Rothschild, Gustave de, Baron Walter S. Burns (d. 1929), North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire reference agent-186769 adlib-agent-186769 bc49184a-4c43-3831-947d-991df2f95da6 Burns, Walter S. person reference agent-8649 adlib-agent-8649 b3d510e7-0636-3578-92af-db3b410163da Joseph person reference agent-160746 adlib-agent-160746 f434c5bd-54dd-3e7b-af94-ae075d6c8473 Pharoah person reference agent-10447 adlib-agent-10447 245a8fdb-51ba-3c70-9445-c5772e95db78 Benjamin reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-125750 adlib-term-125750 2b10ac09-63c3-34ed-87d5-487058c1c344 Limoges painted enamels reference term-117089 adlib-term-117089 70d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8 Louis C. G. Clarke translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, mulberry, red, flesh pink, opaque white and black reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Decoration reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Decorating translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, mulberry, red, flesh pink, opaque white and black reference term-28662 adlib-term-28662 dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8 enamelling reference term-110523 adlib-term-110523 d1291b77-5525-36c4-9cec-9f651a7a76a9 bible Applied Arts Copper, the front enamelled in polychrome, partly over silver paillons, and gilded with Joseph reconciled to his brothers embracing Benjamin, and the back in grisaille with a radiating design of terms and torches linked by strapwork. Signed "I.C." in black on white strapwork below one of the torches. Circular copper plate with slightly raised applied edge, narrow sloping rim, shallow curved sides (cavetto), and almost flat centre. On the reverse, there are a series of irregularly placed small holes in the enamel at the junction of the rim and well. The plate has a manganese-black ground. The polychrome design in the well is enamelled over a white layer in translucent bright blue, turquoise, green, yellow, mulberry, and red, with silver foils under the costume and carpet, and in black, opaque white and flesh pink, enhanced by gilding. The reverse is painted in grisaille with flesh pink, and gilding. The well is decorated with Joseph reconciled to his brothers embracing Benjamin. The action takes place in a townscape with on the right, a tower with a buttress; in the middle an arcade with a domed circular building behind it, and on the left a building with a balcony over the doorway. In the foreground there is a blue pavement with tiles decorated in gold with a circular motifs and stylized flower heads. Joseph stands on the right embracing one of his brothers, probably Benjamin, the other ten kneel in the centre. A purple greyhound crouches in the foreground. On the left, Pharaoh sits or stands on a balcony with a red rug hanging from it, and below there are two small standing figures in a doorway and two more approaching them The sky is inscribed in gold "G.XLV." The sides are decorated with gold foliated scrolls with two narrow bold bands below. Above, a band of copper is visible through the enamel. The rim is decorated with two different female masks with draped fabric headdresses, and two different male masks with large ears and earrings, separated by pairs of tritons with tablets on their tails flanking turquoise two-handled vases, with sprays of gold foliage in the background and a very narrow gold band next to the white rim. The reverse is painted in grisaille and flesh-pink with three terms and three flaming torches linked by scrolling strapwork on a black ground decorated with gold ara\'acbesques and scrolls. On the rim between pairs of gold bands there is a wreath of gold laurel leaves and berries. On the strapwork are the initials '"I.C" 2568 reference exhibition-2249 adlib-exhibition-2249 547b6a0d-a51d-3449-bcac-f9bc675d6f4b Musée rétrospectif 3060 one of four plates reference exhibition-2250 adlib-exhibition-2250 84fa0414-bb62-3cb1-bc3b-7b3c7527322b Exposition Universelle de 1867 M.115A-1961 1 accession number M.115A-1961 139826 priref 139826 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139826 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139826 on front in sky painted in gold .G.XLV. inscription on back on white strapwork below one of the torches painted in black .I .C. initials rectangular with cut corners, printed in black with a line border on back printed in black and hand-written in black ink UNION/ CENTRALE with between the words in black ink 124/2787 label circular paper label on back printed in blue and hand-written in pencil 11/4 label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Louis.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 reference agent-149875 adlib-agent-149875 89f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16 Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1961 1961 1961-04-27 bequeathed Louis Clarke died on 13 December 1960 1585 1585 CE 1585 circa 1585 1600 the date is presumably after 1564 when 'Figures de la Bible' was published; there is a lack of dated examples of late 16th century polychrome enamelling over paillons, but it is generally regarded as coming into fashion after c. 1575/80 and continuing into the seventeenth century 1 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 possibly maker reference agent-180599 adlib-agent-180599 01cc9b0b-f6a4-3faa-b356-ba4da3ba8987 Court dit Vigier, Jean I possibly maker reference agent-186766 adlib-agent-186766 9842ea2f-a073-3f9e-a28e-a1ca7001b3df Court dit Vigier, Jean II The Biblical story of Joseph told in Genesis, was a common theme for the decoration of domestic objects in France in the second half of the 16th century. Limoges enamellers decorated caskets, ewers, dishes, and small plates with Joseph scenes. Although no complete sets are known, this plate was probably one of a set of twelve each decorated with a different event in the story, beginning when Joseph was already the slave of Potifar in Egypt, and extending from his rejection of the enticements of Potiphar’s wife (Genesis 39.7) to his reconciliation with his brothers (Genesis 45.14-16). Ten of the scenes were closely based on Bernard Salomon's woodcut illustrations to Claude Paradin’s 'Quadrins historiques de la Bible', first published by Jean de Tournes in Lyon in 1553. An augmented edition appeared in 1555, reprinted in 1558 and 1560, and another augmented edition in 1583. Each page had the biblical reference at the top, a woodcut, and an explanatory verse below. Another work of the same type, Guillaume Guéroult’s 'Figures de la Bible illustrées de huictains francoys . . . (Guillaume Roville), Lyons, 1564 (2nd edn, 1565), with illustrations by Pierre Eskrich was used for the 7th and 10th plates in the series, and the 12th has aspects from the woodcuts in both publications. These books can be viewed online in the Gallica website of the Bibliothèque nationale. This plate is decorated with the last scene in the series which occurs in Genesis 45. Joseph is shown with his brothers, rejoicing and weeping over them, and is embracing one, probably Benjamin, as mentioned in the Bible story. The scene was copied from the woodcut titled ‘GENESE XLV’.by Bernard Salomon in Claude Paradin’s, Quadrins Historique de la Bible, Lyon, 1553, or a later edition. However, the tower on the right, with its arched buttress, was taken from Pierre Eskrich's woodcut in Guillaume Guéroult’s 'Figures de la Bible illustrées de huictains francoys . . .' (Guillaume Roville), Lyons, 1564 or 1565. In Quadrins historiques ... , the previous scene shows Joseph enthroned revealing his identity to the brothers, but the scene on the plate has usually been described as if it were that. At least two more and possibly further plates decorated with this subject are known: a 20 cm plate also initialled I.C. on the back, was in the Rev. A.H.S. Barwell’s bequest to the British Museum (1913,1220.59), and another, 19.8 cm in diameter bequeathed by William G. Mather to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio (1951.326), possibly the plate decorated with this subject formerly in the Marlborough, Spitzer, and J.E. Taylor Collections. Although this plate was in the same collection as M.115B-1961 in the nineteenth century, it is unlikely to have been from the same set originally, because it has a different ground colour. The overall appearance of these plates, the border on the fronts, and the style of grisaille decoration on the reverses, is comparable to a set of plates decorated with scenes from the Life of the Virgin signed' I.C.' . These have the de Vic arms below on the rims, probably for Méry de Vic (d. 1622), who had been resident in Limoges as intendant during 1588 and 1589, while on a mission to restore order in the region for Henry III, and after his assassination in August 1589, had transferred his allegiance to Henry IV. It seems possible that the plates were made about that time, and if not, before 1603 when a change was made to the de Vic arms. The initials ‘I•C’ occur on a great many enamels made during the second half of the 16th and early 17th century. It therefore seems likely to have been a workshop mark used succesively by members of the Court family. These were Jehan or Jean Court dit Vigier I (d. 1592) and his son, Jean Court dit Vigier II (b. c.1575-d. between 1631-5); and a relative, Jehan Court le jeune who married in 1613, and died between 1627-31, may also have used the mark, but was probably too young to have decorated the 'Joseph Plates'. 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Burns, Esq.,, North Mymms Park, Herts; Mrs Walter Burns; sold Christie's, 28 June 1935, Catalogue of highly important enamels, faience and majolica and works of art, the property of Mrs. Walter Burns (from the Collection of the late Walter S. Burns, Esq.) p. 5, lot 11, part III. Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D. (1881-1960), Cambridge. 1 same type reference object-139825 adlib-object-139825 5137a070-788b-3e5c-a053-2a914d03ecdb

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plate reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 225, no. 2568 225 reference publication-8967 adlib-publication-8967 58e5940f-3893-32da-bdc1-20dee5f88c70 Exposition de 1865. Palais de l’Industrie, Musée Rétrospectif. Catalogue des objets d’art et de curiosité exposés au Musée Rétrospectif ouvert au Palais de l’Industrie en 1865 Publ. p. 8, part of lot 63 8 reference publication-3368 adlib-publication-3368 25bf3f5d-bed3-3ace-8564-2a821cb84557 Catalogue of objects of art, porcelain and faience and fine French tapestry, the property of Sir Philip Sassoon Bart, MP, CMG and the Countess of Rocksavage of 25 Park Lane reference publication-7027 adlib-publication-7027 dedd6fca-e6f1-3dc8-981d-826b32b77670 Catalogue of highly important enamels, faience and majolica and works of art, the property of Mrs. Walter Burns (from the Collection of the late Walter S. Burns, Esq. reference publication-200003208 adlib-publication-200003208 a080bc54-7f92-3d57-af8d-e44304d0a9af L’histoire de Joseph sur des assiettes en émail peint de Limoges par l’atelier portant la marque de fabrique “I.C. Ref. p. 317 for a discussion of the problem of the identity of the master's signing ICDV, IC, or IDC. Cf. pp. 350-7, six plates from a story of Joseph set, signed by IC, and dated c. 1600, none of which have backs resembling this one. In the 18th century these plates belonged to the duc de Brissac, Louis-Hercule-Timoléon (1734-1792) and were seized for the state in 1793. A seventh plate has a different provenance. 317, 350-7 reference publication-6073 adlib-publication-6073 273632b3-da99-366e-9c3b-efd466467b8e Les émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art Ref. pp. 378-80, nos. 5 , 6 and 7, for biographical details of the Court family. 378-80 reference publication-6116 adlib-publication-6116 bbff1ced-945e-3b6f-8556-b6eedf278dea Le métier d’émailleur à Limoges, XVIe-XVIIe siècle Ref. pp. 130-3 and 291-3 for the illustrations to Quadrins historique de la Bible; for Pierre Eskrich, see pp. 38-44 130-3, 291-3 reference publication-7342 adlib-publication-7342 d9fb0bb5-2b35-34f7-88f4-b60331f55697 Bernard Salomon Illustrateur Lyonnais Ref. p. 468 for the provenance of lot 145 in the John Edward Taylor sale at Christie’s, 1 July and following days, 1912, p. 45, a plate decorated with Joseph discovering himself to his brethren 468 reference publication-200002824 adlib-publication-200002824 0feb9efe-2e7f-3bbb-8305-d3f21eec9b2c Chronique de l’orfèvrerie et de l’émaillerie anciennes de Limoges en 1912 reference publication-7009 adlib-publication-7009 e8db0a18-1d96-398c-9fe2-2e0762ce7a6c Catalogue Raisonné: or, a List of the Pictures in Blenheim Palace; with Occasional Remarks and Illustrative Notes, Part I and Part II reference publication-6194 adlib-publication-6194 7d8edc6b-459b-3eb8-84c9-8b43101b820c Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Enamels on Metal held at the South Kensington Museum London in 1874 reference publication-7299 adlib-publication-7299 6f4a68e9-f500-30d4-b9dd-88b93e40816a The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels Ref. Sir Philip preferred French decorative art of the 18th centurfy to the Renaissance objects, such as maiolica and Limoges enamels which had been collected by his grandfather, Baron Gustave de Rothschild in Paris. 151-70 reference publication-200003308 adlib-publication-200003308 cd2bb49e-c01c-386e-b0e0-d4d005c862a4 Sir Philip Sassoon at 25 Park Lane: the collection of an early twentieth-century connoisseur and aesthete reference term-10618 adlib-term-10618 9ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136 Renaissance reference term-10600 adlib-term-10600 02211e31-dcc2-3d71-afd8-d51e21c5dc5f Mannerism reference term-147477 adlib-term-147477 ad3110c9-f76d-3f40-90dd-d4d7ac660a6f reconciliation animal reference term-106792 adlib-term-106792 9dad6dce-12d1-35e5-82ba-35b95d0e469a hound place type reference term-125821 adlib-term-125821 daf77491-f1b0-3ddb-8f3a-381adc6b40d4 townscape place name reference term-107870 adlib-term-107870 4e6e7a6c-6076-3260-bc72-1404368e4f3a Egypt named event reference term-147476 adlib-term-147476 1f5ce61e-b64e-33dd-9659-9da9c21cb49c Joseph is reconciled with his brothers in Egypt literal hound hound literal townscape townscape literal Egypt Egypt literal Joseph is reconciled with his brothers in Egypt Joseph is reconciled with his brothers in Egypt

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plate Copper with series of irregularly placed small holes in the enamel at the junction of the rim and well. The plate has a dark mulberry-brown (manganese) ground appearing black. The polychrome design in the well is enamelled over a white layer in translucent bright blue, turquoise, green, yellow, mulberrym and red, with silver foils under the costume and carpet, and in black, opaque white and flesh pink, enhanced by gilding. The reverse is painted in grisaille with flesh pink, and gilding reference term-28810 adlib-term-28810 c6a00cef-33f7-3107-8666-d791bd49707c raising (metal forming process) object OBJECT