Lot n° 41
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 8 572EUR
Enamel plate painted in grisaille with flesh highlights depi - Lot 41
Enamel plate painted in grisaille with flesh highlights depicting Perseus petrifying his enemies.
Limoges, mid-16th century, workshop of Léonard Limosin (c. 1505 - c. 1576/1577)
H. 12 cm, L. 14.5 cm
Minor edge damage
Taken from chapter 5 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, the scene depicts Perseus transforming his enemies into stone statues (5, 177-209). To avoid being crushed by the sheer number of his attackers, he resorts to a magical device, aiming the Gorgon's head at those who approach him and whom he transforms into stone statues: six named and characterized characters, including one from his own camp, and a crowd (two hundred men) of attackers from the plebs, depicted in the background of the scene.
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