1592970669000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-156425 1747160991625 1746531005000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-156425 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156425 13892eaf-8b0c-3b73-8972-f70954a719f7 13 reference agent-83744 adlib-agent-83744 0425c4cf-7e24-317e-91ee-38840b1cc6aa Magniac, Hollingworth reference agent-184882 adlib-agent-184882 5a191c26-9b11-32a0-ac1e-1aa0e219ccb2 Magniac, Charles person reference agent-154123 adlib-agent-154123 2fef3fa1-e550-35f4-b4de-2ced0eb2272a Virgin Mary person reference agent-8649 adlib-agent-8649 b3d510e7-0636-3578-92af-db3b410163da Joseph person reference agent-149696 adlib-agent-149696 c1d7b5bf-63d4-3ba4-a080-9810b80bf16c Christ person reference agent-206156 adlib-agent-206156 d425647e-16ae-3a71-8400-d3789e551438 magus 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-120007 adlib-term-120007 00af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785b Frank McClean blue, greyish-blue, green, turquoise, pale yellowish-brown, mulberry, black, grey, and white reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-109906 adlib-term-109906 cbea03fb-f9ac-3c28-ab2d-d20a955a2b53 silver foil Decoration Depth mm 3 Diameter cm 6.3 Plaque Diameter cm 9.3 Frame Surface circular, very slightly convex copper plaque, pierced by small holes at 3 and 9 o'clock, enamelled over a white preparation in blue, greyish-blue, green, turquoise, pale yellowish-brown, mulberry, black, grey, and white, and gilded. The jewels are formed by blobs of enamel over silver foil. The reverse has almost clear but cloudy and uneven counter-enamel with many pinholes multi-couche technique reference term-28662 adlib-term-28662 dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8 enamelling reference term-108432 adlib-term-108432 a486efc4-a304-3aa3-93bd-528fc7ebaff4 New Testament Applied Arts Copper roundel decorated with polychrome enamels, and some jewelling over paillons, in circular gilt-wood frame. The Virgin sits with the Christ Child on her lap on the left in front of the gable end of a building. One king kneels to present a casket while the other two kings stand behind her. Circular very slightly convex copper plaque with a small hole on each side, painted in multi-couche technique in blue, greyish-blue, green, turquoise, pale yellowish-brown, mulberry, black, grey, on a white ground, with jewelling over silver foil. The Virgin is seated on a wooden stool. She looks downwards, and holds the wide-awake infant Christ on her knee to greet one of the kings, who kneels before him holding out an open casket. A second king stands behind them in the centre, pointing to the right with his right index finger. The third more youthful king stands on the right. Behind the figures is the gable end of a rustic building, and on the right, an area of sky with a star. On the reverse, the copper is visible through the almost clear but cloudy counter-enamel with many pin holes. The plaque is mounted in a circular gilt wood frame with a border of small impressed circles round the top, and on the cavetto, a pricked repeating pattern of elliptical outlines. On accession the back was closed by brown paper, with near the top a small dark red leather suspension tab. M.39-1904 1 accession number M.39-1904 156425 priref 156425 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156425 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156425 circular paper label printed in a circle in black with the collection name surrounding the lot number in black ink on brown paper backing of frame printed in black and hand-written in black ink MAGNIAC COLLECTION, printed, 516 in hand-written black ink label rectangular with blue border forming four shallow lobes on brown paper backing of frame hand-written in black ink Mr Magniac. label on brown paper backing near the top hand-written in pencil 528 inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Frank McClean Bequest reference agent-172414 adlib-agent-172414 73d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1d McClean, Frank 1904 1904 1904 bequeathed Entry date: 1904 1515 1515 CE 1515 circa 1515 1530 1 1530 CE 1530 1530 possibly production reference agent-206155 adlib-agent-206155 a9ea7698-b53b-3e09-9513-ad18afd0846c Pénicaud workshop possibly production reference agent-207553 adlib-agent-207553 616b8dcf-7aa2-31c9-aa9b-012c74d905a2 Master of the High Foreheads The story of the journey of three wise men from the east to find the newly-born King of the Jews is told in St Matthew’s Gospel, 2, 1-12. The Adoration of the Magi depicts their arrival at Bethlehem to worship the Infant Christ and present to him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrh signifying his royalty, divinity, suffering and death. The small holes on each side, now filled, indicate that the medallion may originally have been intended to be mounted as a hat badge. Busts or figures of Saints, and small Biblical scenes were popular subjects for these badges, which were worn on the upturned brims of men's hats during the late fifteenth and first half of the sixteenth century. A portrait of Louis XII painted c. 1510-14, in the Royal Collection at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, shows the king wearing a badge decorated with three saints. Several enamelled roundels of about the same size as the Fitzwilliam's, in the Walters Art Museum, the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, the Musée des Arts décoratif, Paris, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Limoges have 'jewelled' borders which make them appear even more likely to have been used in this way. This and several other small plaques of the Adoration of the Magi were derived from either the same manuscript or printed source, or from one or other of a series of more accomplished late fifteenth century plaques attributed to the Monvaerni Master, which include Joseph on the left, the Virgin seated with an alert Christ Child on her lap, a bearded king kneeling to present a rectangular casket, two others standing behind him, of whom one or both are pointing upwards or sideways with one index finger, and an open gable end of a stable in the left background. A rectangular plaque with a slightly curved top in the Musée Municipal de l’Evêché, Limoges, provides an approximate date range for the earliest examples because the scene includes on the right of the Biblical group, St John presenting Jean Barton II, Bishop of Limoges, from 1484-1510. and was probably made before the death in 1497 of his uncle and predecessor, Jean I Barton. For the other plaques attributed to the Monvaerni Master see Documentation, Marcheix, 1967. Dalton attributed the Fitzwilliam’s plaque to ‘an enameller of the school of Nardon Pénicaud, and dated it to about 1500. However, the white preparation, only slight deterioration of the blue enamel, and almost clear cloudy counter-enamel suggest that it is more likely to be closer to 1525. The treatment of the heads, and the jewelling round the edges of Mary’s halo and the garments of both figures, seems close in style to those of the Virgin and Gabriel on an unattributed pax of the Annunciation in the Victoria and Albert Museum. reference term-106256 adlib-term-106256 1bd8ad44-09c2-3c55-825a-635e463bb56b 16th Century, Early reference term-15498 adlib-term-15498 61725bf5-360f-3837-8aab-3c90b956a537 literal France France country literal Haute Vienne Haute Vienne region Limoges reference term-39588 adlib-term-39588 b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191 copper reference media-136125 adlib-media-136125 66544e0c-02c8-3f53-b542-17d744a20489 jpeg aa/aa20/M_39_1904.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 756 1616258109029 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_39_1904.jpg 1 height pixels 503 width pixels 500 1616258109029 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_39_1904.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 756 1616258109029 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_39_1904.jpg 1 height pixels 251 width pixels 250 1616258109029 1 image 0 media image reference media-136124 adlib-media-136124 e5c70612-c4f3-3d24-a88a-94741e23f47c jpeg aa/aa20/M_39_1904_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 753 1616283060070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_39_1904_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 505 width pixels 500 1616283060070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_39_1904_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 753 1616283060070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_39_1904_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 252 width pixels 250 1616283060070 1 image 1 media image reference media-3624323373 portfolio portfolio-media-3624323373 4a65063f-cda4-32a8-bd28-c80550faae87 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/147/large_M_39_1904_1_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1255 width pixels 1024 1529370657000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/147/mid_M_39_1904_1_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 613 width pixels 500 1529370657000 1 image M.39-1904_1_mas.tif 1529370657000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/147/preview_M_39_1904_1_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 306 width pixels 250 1529370657000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/147/M_39_1904_1_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5407 width pixels 4413 1529370657000 1 image 2 media image reference media-2683204777 portfolio portfolio-media-2683204777 f82ccf4b-9cc5-352a-a77d-b2d99b545a53 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/154/large_M_39_1904_2_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1536 width pixels 1024 1529370668000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/154/mid_M_39_1904_2_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1529370668000 1 image M.39-1904_2_200809_mfj22_mas.tif 1529370668000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/154/preview_M_39_1904_2_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1529370668000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/154/M_39_1904_2_200809_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 4992 width pixels 3328 1529370668000 1 image 3 media image reference term-107484 adlib-term-107484 935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fd plaque history note Holingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire; 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), 5th Day, 7 July, p. 138, lot 516, sold for £33.12.0 to Frank McClean, Tunbridge Wells. 1 reference object-162103 adlib-object-162103 e05e2619-0017-38f8-982d-23070d21e91d

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plaques in frame reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p.138, 5th day, lot 516 138 reference publication-5925 adlib-publication-5925 5e8330b4-b645-34d4-88b6-acecc1f61ce6 Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art, chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (Known as the Colworth Collection) Publ., p. 109, no. 63, pl. XXIII, The reference by Dalton to two circular plaques in the Ashmolean Museum, with the Ecce Homo and the Pietà, presumably the two now described as Christ as Man of Sorrows and Lamentation over the Dead Christ, does not seem to be relevant, other than that the subjects are shown in a simple manner, comparable to this plaque. 109 reference publication-4060 adlib-publication-4060 0f6d91a4-87ab-338c-b868-7d56c66bc250 Fitzwilliam 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. 121, brief mention; the author likened it to some enamels by the Master of the High Foreheads. Cf. p. 223, no. 25. 223 reference publication-6072 adlib-publication-6072 16b7c8dd-a034-3641-b87a-c2f1ae0386e8 Les émaux limousins de la fin du XVe siècle et de la première partie du XVIe; étude sur Nardon Penicaud et ses contemporains Publ. p. 26 ill. 9a, compared with no. 10 on pp. 26-7, a circular medallion in a gilt copper frame, attributed to Nardon Pénicaud or his workshop c. 1510-20. On the left of the Holy Family is a kneeling male figure wearing a hooded green gown, who appears to be tonsured and therefore a monk, whom the writer considers may be a donor, instead of Joseph, who is depicted on several other examples of this version of the Adoration of the Magi. The plaque has a dark bluish-grey counter enamel and the blue and manganese enamels on the front are degraded, which suggests that it is several years earlier than the Fitzwilliam's example. It has four holes in the perimeter. The size of the plaque is 6.8 cm and the frame on a covered stand 14 x 12.5 cm. 26-7 reference publication-9084 adlib-publication-9084 a4359251-d1f6-36ed-a382-709fba2d7769 De figuris et coloribus. Northern and Limoges Enamels (1150-1625). Email uit het Noorden en uit Limoges (1150-1625) Cf. p. 39, colour illustration of the plaque attributed to the Monvaerni Master in the Musée Municipal de l’Evêché at Limoges. 39 reference publication-6112 adlib-publication-6112 1e8336a5-8d19-3816-89cd-2d1cd0929fd8 L'art de l'émail à Limoges/Limoges, the Art of Enamel Cf. pp. 157-8, and fig. 67, at the Courtauld Institute Gallery, London where the other comparable plaques are mentioned. 157-8 reference publication-200002162 adlib-publication-200002162 c07b0cf3-eeb4-3880-b75f-46f426c53e45 The Painted Enamels in the Gambier-Parry Collection Cf. pp. 24-5, no. 16, a plaque mounted as an image de chevet, atributed to 'Monvaerni', c. 1485-95 24-5 reference publication-6021 adlib-publication-6021 6dafbb49-bc39-3d0c-b5ad-634dbead2cf0 The Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance Cf. p. 14, pl. 3 in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, and p. 13, pl. 2 in the Musée Municipal de l’Evêché at Limoges, both attributed to the Monvaerni Master 14 reference publication-5097 adlib-publication-5097 3f273066-5292-3611-8791-142c76030836 Maleremails aus Limoges, Der Bestand des Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseums Cf. pp. 93-6, no. 43. Inv. no. Kgewm H. 997 Cl. Formerly in the Clemens Collection. This plaque is in a very different style from the others. 93-6 reference publication-7040 adlib-publication-7040 3adfdbf4-05a1-311f-88b6-d5f5c591182c Email, Kunst, Handwerk, Industrie Cf. p. 98, no. 61, a small Adoration plaque framed as a pax in a private collection in Belgium, has iconography comparable to the Fitzwilliam's 96 reference publication-6082 adlib-publication-6082 933bba5a-0cd4-3497-ace0-4e67876ceb78 Émaux de Limoges XIIe-XIXe siècle p. 28-9, no. 9. Formerly in the M.A. Rosenberg collection, Paris, sold, 1909. Marquet de Vasselot, 1921 (op cit above), p. 224-5, no. 27. 28-9 reference publication-7039 adlib-publication-7039 60dd323d-f4f6-3596-ac1d-5a3dd19a0028 25 Masterpieces from the Middle Ages Cf. p. 27, no. 3. Inv. no. Ф 959. This arched plaque in the Hermitage, though rather crudely drawn by a very different hand, is obviously derived from the same source 27 reference publication-6919 adlib-publication-6919 8b4a9038-183f-3bc5-8ff1-5233cdf97dbc Limozhskie raspisnye ėmali v sobranii Ėrmitazha/Émaux peints de Limoges de la collection de l'Ermitage Cf. p. 25 and fig. p. 24. This plaque, formerly in the Spitzer Collection, has a third king whose features are obviously African or ‘moorish’. Its style is more closely related to an arched plaque formerly in the Pringsheim and Marcel von Nemes collections attributed to Nardon Penicaud when sold by Sotheby’s London in 2004, and to an unusual plaque enamelled on silver in the Wallace Collection attributed to school of Jean I Penicaud. 24-5 reference publication-7037 adlib-publication-7037 c3e952d4-5ea2-3163-94a8-bd744dae4e83 Führer durch das Kunstgewerbe-Museum zu Frankfurt am Main Cf. p. 50, no. 248, unusual in being enamelled on silver, and one of the latest in the series 50 reference publication-6083 adlib-publication-6083 09810329-53bf-3713-bc5b-e194f6467063 Wallace Collection, Catalogue, Objects of Art, Illustrations Cf. p. 49, lot 52, attributed to Nardon Pénicaud, second quarter of 16th century. H. 15.6 cm. Comparable in design to the plaque in the Wallace Collection, and at Frankfurt 49 reference publication-5348 adlib-publication-5348 34db80a1-cc6d-38f6-8148-1107e898a8e8 European sculpture and works of art 900-1900 reference term-10618 adlib-term-10618 9ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136 Renaissance object name reference term-60315 adlib-term-60315 52d046fb-0fb7-37a2-9e6b-0e8d70b980b4 stable named event reference term-106789 adlib-term-106789 6395677b-069d-31d5-a14c-41fa44606f1b Adoration of the Magi literal stable stable literal Adoration of the Magi Adoration of the Magi

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