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Plaque with Cavalry Battle between Greeks and Trojans

Master KIP (French, ca. 1537-1559) (Artist)
ca. 1550 (Renaissance)
painted enamel on copper
(Renaissance Europe )

This plaque together with its counterpart (44.132), each painted in "sfumato grisaille," were surely from a series set into a casket. One of the commanding figures is identified as Hector, the most valiant of the Trojans in "The Iliad," the Homeric epic chronicling the Greek conquest of Troy; so the overall theme may have been the Trojan War. The artist took motifs from an engraving after a composition by the Italian master Giulio Romano (1499-1546) that represented a military campaign of the Roman general Scipio Africanus.

The monogram "KIP," found here, is thought to be that of Jean Poillevé.

Provenance
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Collection of Baron de Theïs Sale, 1874, no. 55; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1889 Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro. Paris.
1867 Exposition Universelle. Paris.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/2/1981 Examination examined for loan
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France, Limoges (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 2 3/4 × W: 3 1/2 in. (7 × 8.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

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44.133

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Plaque with Cavalry Battle between Greeks and Trojans

Master KIP (French, ca. 1537-1559)
ca. 1550 (Renaissance)
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