Pair of enamel plates painted in grisaille on a black background with polychrome and gold highlights representing St. Philip and St. James accompanied by the inscriptions SANCTE PHILIPE and SANCTE IACOBE; counter enamels in salmon background. Standing on a tiled floor and under arcatures of classical style, each apostle holds his attribute, a cross for the first and a bumblebee for the second. Monogram PR on the left column on the plate of Saint James.
Limoges, Pierre Reymond (active since 1537 - died after 1584), mid 16th century
Height: 13,5 cm - Width: 13,3 cm
Carved and gilded wood frames (some accidents on the edges and in the corners, small restorations)
Provenance:
Collection Préaux, Sale Paris, Rue des Jeuneurs, Me Bonnefons de Lavialle, Expert Roussel, 9-11 January 1850, lot 237.
René Soret Collection, Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Delbergue-Cormont, 4-9 May 1863, lot 146.
Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Mes Couturier et Nicolay, 9 December 1992, lot 59.
A plate representing Saint Bartholomew (cut at the corners) from the same series appears under number 48, painted enamels section, illustrated under number 464, in the catalog of the Spitzer sale, 1890, given as the workshop of the Pénicauds (ca. 1530) (fig.).
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