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| Keywords: Pierre Courteys - Portrait of Jacques-Auguste De Thou (?) - Walters 4462.jpg Portraiture which flourished in the 16th century in France continued for the most part in the Franco-Flemish tradition of the realistic straight-forward likeness established at the end of the Middle Ages Painted enamel on copper was a good medium for small portrits because the image is so clear and has something of the glossy character admired in objects intended for decoration of the home ca 1575 Early Modern technique painted enamel copper cm 19 3 16 3 accession number 44 62 9016 Germeau Collection no 5 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 no 537 Sigismond Bardac Paris by purchase Liquidation Sale Seligmann Bros Paris March 16-17 1914 no 73 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York 1914 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 signature P C place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Courteys Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Spitzer Collection Pierre Courteys - Portrait of Jacques-Auguste De Thou (?) - Walters 4462.jpg Portraiture which flourished in the 16th century in France continued for the most part in the Franco-Flemish tradition of the realistic straight-forward likeness established at the end of the Middle Ages Painted enamel on copper was a good medium for small portrits because the image is so clear and has something of the glossy character admired in objects intended for decoration of the home ca 1575 Early Modern technique painted enamel copper cm 19 3 16 3 accession number 44 62 9016 Germeau Collection no 5 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 no 537 Sigismond Bardac Paris by purchase Liquidation Sale Seligmann Bros Paris March 16-17 1914 no 73 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York 1914 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 signature P C place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Courteys Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Spitzer Collection | ||||
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