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| Keywords: Pierre Courteys - Casket with Creation Scenes - Walters 44282.jpg The casket is set with seven plaques enameled with scenes from the creation of the World to the Creation and Fall of Man On the left lunette of the curved lid an abstract composition made of the elements fire rocks and water representing the gathering together of the waters and the emergence of dry land Genesis 1 9 On the right lunette are seen the lights in the firmament and the signs for seasons and for days and years Genesis 1 14 Two signs of the zodiac are represented on the sphere of heaven Aries and Taurus On the right end of the casket God the Father stands between the sun and the moon and among the animals At the bottom of the panel is a coat-of-arms On the back of the casket is God enframed in a gold and purple cloud his right hand raising Adam whom he created In a rolling countryside are seen rabbits and cows On the left end of the casket God creates Eve out of the side of the sleeping Adam The scene is attended by a monkey a dog and a cat two sheep a stag and two dwarf elephants The coat-of-arms is repeated On the front of the curved lid Eve has received the apple from the snake which is topped by a female torso and coiled around the trunk of the Tree of Knowledge The apple is seen successively in her right hand and in the left hand of Adam who is about to taste it At the foot of the tree a squirrel is nibbling To the right a dog sleeps curled up two cows graze and a deer is on a distant height Both Adam and Eve are represented as completely nude to indicate that the forebears are still in a state of innocence On the front of body of the casket God appears in glory and speaks to the guilty couple who hide their nudity under aprons of fig leaves A dragon crawls among the peaceful animals of the garden On the back of the lid an angel flies expelling the fallen pair from paradise They are now dressed in skins The two halves of the curved lid are separated by a narrow black band decorated with a gilt scroll late Other date century 16 technique painted enamel copper cm 22 6 26 3 17 5 accession number 44 282 37939 W F B Massey-Mainwaring date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale London June 22 1899 lot 234 George Robinson Harding London 1899 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1899 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Courteys Temptation of Adam and Eve 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 | ||||
