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Collections

Pierre Courteys
Plate with Scene of the Temptation of Adam and Evecirca 1560

Not on view
Circular majolica plate with deep blue glaze, depicting two nude figures and a serpent in a garden scene at center, surrounded by a wide rim with scrollwork, grotesque masks, and gold vine ornament; inscribed 'GENESE III'

Pierre Courteys, Plate with Scene of the Temptation of Adam and Eve, circa 1560, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Painter
Pierre Courteys
Title
Plate with Scene of the Temptation of Adam and Eve
Place Made
France, Limoges
Date Made
circa 1560
Medium
Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
48.2.9
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.