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| Keywords: Circle of the Limbourg Brothers - Medallion with the Emperor Augustus's Vision of the Virgin and Child - Walters 44462.jpg According to legend the Roman emperor Augustus asked a prophetess if there was anyone greater than himself It was the day of Christ's birth and the answer came to the emperor in a vision a golden circle around the sun in the middle of which was a beautiful virgin and a child One side of the pendant shows Augustus and the other the Virgin and Child The sophisticated style superb workmanship and imagery connect this piece to the Parisian workshop of Jean and Paul de Limbourg from Guelders in the northern Netherlands who created some of the finest International Gothic manuscript paintings They initially trained as goldsmiths and their younger brother Arnold of whom no works are known was a goldsmith in Guelders The enamelist who created this masterpiece and a few related works was an accomplished painter as well as a goldsmith ca 1420 Late Medieval painted enamel on silver with gilded silver mount H 2 3/8 x Diam 2 1/16 x D 3/16 in 6 1 x 5 2 x 0 5 cm accession number 44 462 23655 Collection of F W B Massey-Manwaring date and mode of acquisition unknown G R Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 I Claudius Art in the Age of Julio-Claudians The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1977-1978 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Schatzkammerstücke aus der Herbstzeit des Mittelalters Das Regensburger Emailkästchen und sein Umkreis Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich 1992 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 Art from the Court of Burgundy 1364-1419 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon Dijon; The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 2004-2005 Art of Illumination The Belles Heures of Jean de France Duc de Berry The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2010 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Circle of the Limbourg Brothers Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Medallions | ||||
