15929997760001312637261000Standard Recordobject-156462170966175999217096471650001709661757708fitz-onlineadlib-object-156462https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156462c1f6a568-296b-3115-aca0-e48fb8e2ec4311personreferenceagent-150796adlib-agent-150796ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994Cupidpersonreferenceagent-151642adlib-agent-1516423fb9f3ee-3699-32f6-87ec-47e97df0dce3Jupiterpersonreferenceagent-154641adlib-agent-15464171fa29bf-2b7d-3566-a5c8-f45545bac068Ganymedepersonreferenceagent-139324adlib-agent-139324412c46d0-b7b7-3980-8ca2-6c1babc8909aVenuspersonreferenceagent-124417adlib-agent-12441756a6e409-8c6c-34d7-b35f-79dac9df0aeeHerculespersonreferenceagent-151375adlib-agent-151375f4380ca2-2a7f-3b1c-b176-e2a549d61b23Psychereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-125750adlib-term-1257502b10ac09-63c3-34ed-87d5-487058c1c344Limoges painted enamelsreferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkepale salmon and darker salmon pink flesh tones, a little red, white, and blackreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationmanganese-black, opaque white, pale salmon and darker salmon pink flesh tones, and a little redreferenceterm-28662adlib-term-28662dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8enamellingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyApplied ArtsOval dish decorated in grisaille and flesh pink enamels and gilded. On the front, the Wedding of Psyche with a border of masks and strapwork on the rim. On the back, Jupiter astride an eagle surrounded by male and female masks, strapwork and bunches of fruit, with guilloche ornament and strapwork on the underside of the rim. Signed 'P. COVRTEYS' on the front, and dated '1560' on the back.Copper, enamelled in opaque white in grisaille technique and with pale salmon and darker salmon pink flesh tones, and a little red over a black background, with dotting, scrolls, sprays and other embellishments in gold. Oval with a narrow rim, shallow curved sides and uneven centre. The well is decorated with the Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche. Six gods, alternately male and female are seated behind a table, including Jupiter on the left, and in front of the table on the right, Venus and Hercules are seen from the back, with below them on a cloud, the signature 'P. COVRTEYS' inscribed in black and gold. To their left Cupid emerges from under the table, holding up the cloth and gazing at Venus. Standing on the extreme left is Ganymede pouring out water into a cistern in which a ewer is standing. Behind the table above the guests there are three winged Horae scattering flowers. On the rim there are four long-eared masks linked by strapwork. The edge is white.
On the middle of the reverse, is Jupiter astride an eagle within an oval guilloche frame, surrounded by two large male masks on right and left, and two smaller female masks above and below, linked by strapwork and bunches of fruit. On the rim, there is guilloche ornament broken at the cardinal points by a strap, one dated "1560" and at intervals between them by four oval cabochon motifs.23referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)49referenceexhibition-2243adlib-exhibition-22432b58f1c5-23f1-3819-9d8d-1735bb74dc43The Tale of Cupid and Psyche, Myth in Art from Antiquity to CanovaM.116-19611accession numberM.116-1961156462priref156462urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156462https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156462on front on right below Venus and Herculespainted in black and over that in goldP. COVRTEYSsignatureon rim on back on strapworkpainted in black1560datereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumLouis C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960referenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196119611961-04-27bequeathedLouis C.G. Clarke died on 13 December 19601560CE1560François II of France reigned 1559-60 and was succeeded on 5 December by his brother, Charles IXdated1560makerreferenceagent-31093adlib-agent-310939bc7962d-b314-3768-8723-f79c848ca3eaCourteys, Pierre IThe story of Psyche was told by Lucius Apuleius (c. 125- c. 175 CE) as a story within a story in Books 4 to 6 of Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass. The Feast of the Gods or Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche, is described in Book 6, 25. The event takes place after Psyche, having suffered many trials, has finally been reunited with her lover, Cupid, and at the latter’s request, has been raised by Jupiter to the status of an immortal with the assent of the other gods.
The enameller, Pierre Courteys, based his design on an engraving by the Master of the Die after Raphael. The use of this print as a design source by Limoges enamellers seems to have been far less common than another of the same subject, which was the penultimate in a series of thirty-two prints with verses illustrating the Fable of Psyche by Agostino Veneziano and the Master of the Die after Michiel Coxie (1497-1592). Three more dated oval dishes after the print by the Master of the Die by Pierre Courteys are known: signed P. CORTEYS and dated 1554 in the Walters Art Gallery; signed and dated P. CORTEYES 1560 in the Louvre; and signed P. COVRTEYES MAF (joined) and dated 1567 in the Walters Art Gallery. He also produced small plates decorated with scenes from the story. The alternative engraving of the Wedding of Psyche, in the series by the Master of the Die after Michiel Coxie, was copied by several Limoges enamellers including Léonard Limosin, Pierre Reymond, and Jean Court dit Vigier.referenceterm-110475adlib-term-110475223ae6a7-2f91-3314-ae3c-da3233ae47dc16th Century, Midreferenceterm-132671adlib-term-132671f006b837-d45b-35cb-b08c-31d2329e6115François IIreferenceterm-132670adlib-term-13267056770bd8-e7d0-3475-bffb-c451ef2b639dCharles IXreferenceterm-15498adlib-term-1549861725bf5-360f-3837-8aab-3c90b956a537literalFranceFrancecountryliteralHaute VienneHaute VienneregionLimogesreferenceterm-39588adlib-term-39588b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191copperHeightcm5Lengthcm54.9Widthcm41.8referencemedia-136190adlib-media-136190352fb681-7a8e-3023-8465-86dcced18d95jpegaa/aa20/M_116_1961_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels587widthpixels76016162484084411imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_116_1961_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels386widthpixels50016162484084411imagejpegaa/aa20/M_116_1961_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels587widthpixels76016162484084411imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_116_1961_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels193widthpixels25016162484084411image0media
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imagereferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishhistory noteuncertain before October 1948 when in the collection of Louis Colville Gray Clarke, MA, D.Litt., Leckhampton, Cambridgereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. pp. 244-5, no. 49244-5referencepublication-7435adlib-publication-74356105096f-daf4-38d9-9312-6bc8d3bc6f2bThe Tale of Cupid and Psyche, Myth in Art from Antiquity to CanovaPubl. p. 135, fig. 5.4, and p. 248, cat. 23; cf. p. 135 fig. 5.5 the 'Wedding of Cupid and Psyche', in the Villa Farnesina in Rome135referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800Ref. Lucius Apuleius (b. 125 AD) told the story of Psyche in The Golden Ass, Books 4-6. The wedding feast is described in Book 6, 25.71-106referencepublication-6648adlib-publication-6648dbcdded9-55c1-3d05-93de-3d7b4b393213The Golden Ass or MetamorphosesRef. pp. 138-9, for a discussion of the popularity of story of Psyche in France, the publication of French translations, and its occurrence in other forms of decorative art, such as tapestry138-9referencepublication-6187adlib-publication-6187d9b56215-1ae8-34ec-b9f5-72f704ccc214The Painted Enamels of Limoges. A Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of ArtRef. p. 194, no. 38 (210), for the source of the design on the front of the dish, the Wedding of Psyche by the Master of the Die after Raphael. For the alternative print of the subject, by Agostino Veneziano and the Master of the Die after Michiel Coxie (1497-1592), see p. 225, 69-II.194referencepublication-6649adlib-publication-66491833a7cf-82d2-340a-80d9-54239aba61f2The Illustrated Bartsch 29 Formerly Volume 15 (Part 2), Italian Masters of the Sixteenth centuryCf. pp. 270-2, no. 149, a dish decorated with the Wedding of Psyche after the same print, signed ‘P. CORTEYS’ and dated ‘1554’ in the front border. The reverse has a reclining river god taken from the Judgement of Paris by Marcantonio Raimondi, instead of Jupiter with an Eagle on the Fitzwilliam's dish.270-2referencepublication-6021adlib-publication-60216dafbb49-bc39-3d0c-b5ad-634dbead2cf0The Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the RenaissanceCf. pp. 277-8, N.1341, a dish decorated with the Wedding Feast of Psyche, without Ganymede on the left, signed ‘P CORTEYS’ and dated ‘1560’ in the front border, and with a reclining river god on the back similar to the one on the Walters Art Gallery's dish.277-8referencepublication-6073adlib-publication-6073273632b3-da99-366e-9c3b-efd466467b8eLes émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'artRef. pp. 124-6 for the story of Psyche ; pp. 127-33 for the literary and graphic sourcs, and pp. 134-9 for the representation of the story on Limoges painted enamels. Catalogue entries 33 and 34 on pp. 140-1 are not comparable to the dish under discussion.124-6, 127-33, 134-9referencepublication-6142adlib-publication-6142517e6c62-56b3-3ca3-8314-d7e94fafb6e2La Rencontre des Héros, Regards croisées sur les émaux peints de la Renaissance appartenant aux collections du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris et du Musée municipal de L'Évêché de Limogesreferencepublication-6116adlib-publication-6116bbff1ced-945e-3b6f-8556-b6eedf278deaLe métier d’émailleur à Limoges, XVIe-XVIIe sièclereferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissanceobject namereferenceterm-107028adlib-term-10702836d3f956-1278-3819-8484-7517f8fdfccctableobject namereferenceterm-44707adlib-term-4470782255e8a-fcea-3881-a4eb-5720c1910b4dcisternobject namereferenceterm-91978adlib-term-91978f613d852-fbf9-3766-a302-2f7fddd20fe5two-handled cupobject namereferenceterm-107609adlib-term-10760971b65ef8-c0fb-319e-925f-37526bfc6764flaskobject namereferenceterm-106791adlib-term-10679138e58881-ef97-35f9-8ab2-519e0591420acloudnamed eventreferenceterm-125834adlib-term-125834c6deea3f-2a1c-36bd-b3ed-a7d77c8edb21Wedding of Psychenamed eventreferenceterm-125833adlib-term-12583333d3d191-2e48-317f-a874-ef25063bb274Feast of the Godsliteraltabletableliteralcisterncisternliteraltwo-handled cuptwo-handled cupliteralflaskflaskliteralcloudcloudliteralWedding of PsycheWedding of PsycheliteralFeast of the GodsFeast of the Godsreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishcopper, enamelled in grisaille technique in opaque white with pale salmon and darker salmon pink flesh tones, and a little red over a manganese-black ground with dotting, scrolls, sprays and other embellishments in goldreferenceterm-28810adlib-term-28810c6a00cef-33f7-3107-8666-d791bd49707craising (metal forming process)The Wedding of Psycheobject
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