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Plaque with the Crucifixion
(Renaissance Europe )
Jean II Pénicaud, whose father was also worked with painted enamel, was unsurpassed in achieving delicate nuances in grisaille. His highly personal style is distinguished by the muscular figures and the 'wet' drapery which sometimes clings to the body in tight folds and sometimes swirls in an exaggerated manner around it.
Provenance
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Cottreau Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, April 28-29, 1910, lot 60; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1890 | Exposition Retrospective de Tours. Tours. |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Excluding frame H: 7 7/8 x W: 5 11/16 in. (20 x 14.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.361