MAKE A MEME View Large Image Limosin - Medallion with the Goddess Ops - Walters 44218.jpg Italian painters and sculptors such as Rosso Fiorentino his Madonna and Child hangs in this gallery who were invited to the French royal court at Fontainebleau profoundly ...
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Keywords: Léonard Limosin - Medallion with the Goddess Ops - Walters 44218.jpg Italian painters and sculptors such as Rosso Fiorentino his Madonna and Child hangs in this gallery who were invited to the French royal court at Fontainebleau profoundly influenced French artists with whom they worked Leonard Limosin the greatest French enamelist used Rosso's composition of the goddess Ops photograph a personification of plentiful nature who squeezes milk from her breasts to feed the beasts gathered at her feet The strong profile and roundness of Ops's body are accentuated by the clear drawing and silvery tones of the design Such circular plaques or medallions could be set into wall paneling or used for other decorative purposes between 1540 1549 technique painted enamel copper Diam cm 22 3 accession number 44 218 11910 Rattier Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Paris March 21-24 1859 lot 122 Charles Mannheim Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown J Pierpont Morgan New York no 938 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1919 Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro Paris 1889 Rosso Fiorentino Drawings Prints and Decorative Arts National Gallery of Art Washington 1987-1988 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Women touching their breasts in art
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