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Collections

Jean de Court
Platter with Scene of Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaohcirca 1560-1570

Not on view
Large oval painted enamel platter in grisaille with a crowded biblical or mythological battle scene at center and a dark border decorated with pink grotesques, sea creatures, and cameo medallions

Jean de Court, Platter with Scene of Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh, circa 1560-1570, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean de Court
France, Limousin, Limoges, active 1541-1564, died before 1583
Title
Platter with Scene of Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh
Place Made
France, Limoges
Date Made
circa 1560-1570
Medium
Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
Dimensions
15 13/16 x 20 3/4 in. (40.2 x 52.7 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
48.2.16
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Caroselli, Susan L. The Painted Enamels of Limoges: a Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
  • Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.