Keywords: Suzanne de Court - Oval Plaque with the Annunciation - Walters 44191.jpg Monogrammed S C in gold letters near the top of the left edge this devotional plaque is by Suzanne de Court the only woman enamel painter to sign her work sometimes in full but no dated pieces are known Based on the same source as the Annunciation plaque by Jean Limosin Walters 44 346 this piece is notable for the brilliance of the translucent enamel colors especially the garnet red and the delicately applied gilding although the overall emphasis on surface pattern dazzling though it is nearly flattens out the space ca 1600 Early Modern painted enamel and gilded copper cm 18 8 13 accession number 44 191 1196 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 no 583 Charles Borradaile Brighton by purchase George Robinson Harding London by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license ImageNote 1 389 295 51 47 1447 1800 2 Monogrammed S C Suzanne de Court ImageNoteEnd 1 Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Suzanne de Court Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum |