Scenes from the Life of Joseph
Pierre Reymond|Bernard Salomon
mid-16th century · Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt; gilded metal finial of later date · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Not long before 1540, Limoges enamelers adopted a predominately black-and-white (grisaille) palette, perhaps in part because of their greater reliance on prints for their models. The scenes on the foot and cover were adapted from woodcuts by Bernard Salomon (ca. 1508–ca.1561) for two volumes of verse by Claude Paradin.
- Artist
- Pierre Reymond|Bernard Salomon
- Date
- mid-16th century
- Medium
- Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt; gilded metal finial of later date
- Culture
- French, Limoges
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The F.O. Matthiessen Collection, Gift of Mrs. Emma Matthiessen, in memory of her husband, 1904
