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| Keywords: Jean Pénicaud III - Footed Dish with Battle and Lid with Gods - Walters 44226.jpg The interior of this footed dish is filled by a tumultuous cavalry fight based on an engraving after a composition by the Italian painter Giulio Romano 1499-1546 The exterior displays four sirens whose bodies terminate in double twisted tails The exterior of the lid is decorated with a lively frieze of reclining gods that is gracefully accommodated to the circular form Three of the gods are adapted from a famous engraving after Raphael between 1550 1575 Renaissance technique painted enamel gilt copper cm 21 18 accession number 44 226 36779 Charles Mannheim Collection cat no 171 J Pierpont Morgan New York no 799a Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore ca 1917 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters ca 1917 Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro Paris 1889 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Jean Pénicaud III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Pedestal plates Food covers | ||||
