IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156453 accession number: M.7-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 27 February 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rectangular, almost flat copper plaque with arched top, the white preparation enamelled in blue, green, yellow, brownish-mulbery, pale purple, a little red, black and white and gilded. The drawing appears black through the white preparation. The flesh is white over black with a pale mauve wash applied over parts of the faces and limbs.The circular jewels are foiled with presumed silver paillons. The surface is slightly rippled and almost mat.The counter-enamel is not visible. The Virgin Mary is seated in the centre, looking down at the dead Christ who lies across her knees with his right arm hanging down, and his left extended but only partly visible. The Virgin’s right hand is raised, and she supports Christ’s right shoulder with her left hand. Christ’s left hand is held by Mary Magdalen, who stands on the right holding a jar of ointment in her right hand. St John stands on the left looking towards the others. Both he and the Magdalene are shown three-quarter view with their heads in profile. Christ wears a green head band and a brown cloth round his loins. The Virgin has a mulbery halo with gold rays and eight alternately green and blue jewels. She wears a dark blue cloak over a mulbery gown. Mary Magdalene has waist-length pale brown and gold wavy hair, and wears a green turban-like cap, and a pale purple cloak over a green dress. St John has shoulder-length golden hair, and a green halo with six alternately mulberry and blue jewels. wears a mulberry gown and has a pale blue cloth over his right arm. All have white flesh shaded in grey. Behind the figures is a niche with a trefoil arch rising from cylindrical columns with carved capitals and bases. The columns are blue and have three jewels on their capitals and two on their bases. The trefoil arch has a jewel on a trefoil on the two angles. The words ‘O(insert a large n) OVO AVER’ are inscribed in gold on the wall of the niche. The lower part is scattered with gold dots over a black ground. The area within the trefoil arch is blue. The plaque is set into a gilt-metal frame with a wire rope edge on the front partly covered by teeth folded over from the back which hold it in place. The frame covers the reverse completely and has a vertically hinged prop, pierced by two groups of three holes. It is inscribed in black on the left B/55/L.D.C, and on the right 'igi' underlined, and lower down '615' on a tabula ansata with 'Ic.' (dot above I) above and below object type: Copper, decorated with polychrome enamels, foiled 'jewels', and gilding title: plaque NOTES ----- type: history note value: Perhaps Edmond Bonnaffé, Paris. M. Joubert, probably Félix Joubert (1872–1953), The Pheasantry, 152 King’s Road, Chelsea, London, from whom purchased probably on 17 November 1930 for £50 by Leonard. D. Cunliffe (1860–1937); bequeathed by him. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Leonard D. Cunliffe creditline: L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156453 PEOPLE ------------------- Joubert, Felix (1872–1953) Virgin Mary Christ Mary Magdalene SUBJECTS ------------------- Pietà Pietà CATEGORIES ------ category: enamels category: Limoges painted enamels DATING ------ creation date: 1500 - 1500 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1500 culture: 16th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Master of the Orléans Triptych CITATIONS -------- Les émaux limousins de la fin du XVe siècle et de la première partie du XVIe; étude sur Nardon Penicaud et ses contemporains Émaux limousins du Musée national de l'Ermitage de Saint-Pétersbourg Les émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art Limozhskie raspisnye ėmali v sobranii Ėrmitazha/Émaux peints de Limoges de la collection de l'Ermitage Painted Enamels of Limoges. XV & XVI Centuries, The State Ermitage Collection La Passion du Christ d’après Schongauer: douze plaques émailléees au Petit Palais, Paris Crediton: the Story of Two Helmets --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_7_1938_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 620 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_7_1938_20_281_29.jpg height: 613 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_7_1938_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 620 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_7_1938_20_281_29.jpg height: 306 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_7_1938_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_7_1938_20_282_29.jpg height: 605 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_7_1938_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_7_1938_20_282_29.jpg height: 303 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/281/large_M_7_1938_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/281/mid_M_7_1938_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.7-1938_1_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/281/preview_M_7_1938_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/281/M_7_1938_1_200801_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/283/large_M_7_1938_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/283/mid_M_7_1938_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.7-1938_2_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/283/preview_M_7_1938_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/283/M_7_1938_2_200801_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels