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| Keywords: Jean de Court - The Battle of the Israelites Against the Amalekites at Raphidim - Walters 44211.jpg The interior on the right Josue and the mounted Israelites charge against Amalec and his troops who are seen on the left some already turning their backs to the battle In the middle distance is a camp with tents and on a hill at the right Aaron and Hur are staying up the hands of Moses which were heavy Shafts of divine light fall on Moses and Josue The border is decorated with gilt scrolls on blue ground On the exterior of the tazza three grotesque grinning male masks one with a cusped forehead the others wearing a crown or devil's horns are set in cartouches and alternate with female terms amidst strapwork The blue background is decorated along the rim with an ovolo line elsewhere with gilt scrolls On the foot the ground of which is black are painted in brilliant colors heightened with foil two groups of grotesque sphinxes or dragons affronting grotesque female terms and two squatting grotesque male terms On the edge is a gilt continuous spray of leaves The knop of the conical foot is gilt with laurel leaves now faded ca 1555 1585 Early Modern technique painted enamel copper cm 14 24 9 accession number 44 211 10803 Samuel Addington before 1862 by purchase Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase F Spitzer Collection Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 lot 563 passed Charles Borradaile Brighton before 1897 by purchase George Robinson Harding London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature in the black strapwork I C Special Exhibition of the Works of Art of the Mediaeval Renaissance and More Recent Periods South Kensington Museum London 1862 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Jean Decourt Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Spitzer Collection Enamels of Moses | ||||
