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Martial Courteys
Platter with Scene of the Death of Ananiascirca 1580

Not on view
Large oval enamel plaque with a black-ground border of gold scrollwork, putti, and grotesques surrounding a cobalt blue central scene of robed biblical figures in a columned hall, with prostrate figures in the foreground

Martial Courteys, Platter with Scene of the Death of Ananias, circa 1580, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Painter
Martial Courteys
Title
Platter with Scene of the Death of Ananias
Place Made
France, Limoges
Date Made
circa 1580
Medium
Polychrome enamel, gold, on copper with foil
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 21.63 in. (40.64 x 54.93 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
AC1992.152.117
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.
  • 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.