Pro🤡perty from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
Attributed to Pierre Reymond (1513 - 1584) French, Limoges, circa 1580
plaque of July, from the series of the Months
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January 30, 08:11 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
Attributed to Pierre Reymond (1513 - 1584)
French, Limoges, circa 1580
plaque of July, from the series of the Months
inscribed IVILIET
enameled copper
width 8 in.; 20.3cm.
Sotheby's London, 27 April, 1972, lot 22;
Herman Baer;
Collection of Max Falk, New York;
Sotheby's New York, 17 October, 2000, lot 62
Herman Baer;
Collection of Max Falk, New York;
Sotheby's New York, 17 October, 2000, lot 62
This design is derived from two allegorical sets of the months that were published by the goldsmith and engraver Étienne Delaune in 1561 and 1568. The present plaque represents the month of July, with the zodiac sign of Leo included in the clouds above. A similarly painted plaque depicting the month of May and signed P.R. is in the collection of the Taft Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
RELATED LITERATURE:
P. Verdier, The Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, Baltimore, 1967.
RELATED LITERATURE:
P. Verdier, The Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, Baltimore, 1967.