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Pierre Reymond

March Calendar Plate
Now On View

Maker

Attributed to Pierre Reymond (French, ca. 1513-after 1584), enameler
After Etienne Delaune (French, 1518-1583), engraver (inciser)

Title

March Calendar Plate

Year

ca. 1560

Medium

  • Enamel with gilding on copper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Enamel with gilding on copper

Materials

copper, gilding, enamel

Geography

Place Made; Place Made: France; Place Made: Limoges

Dimensions

Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Strapwork: "Martius" (latin for March)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Franklin Robinson in honor of the Fine Arts Committee and the Museum Staff

Object Number

1989.085

Type

  • Metalwork

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Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Based on a French engraving, this calendar plate depicts workers pruning grapevines. The figures are surrounded by classical ornament in grisaille (white on black) enamel and accented with peach skin tones and gilding. Inscribed Martius (Latin for March), the plate features stylized ram’s horns-the zodiac sign for Aries-at the top of the rim.

Secular calendar plates illustrating the labors of each month were made beginning in the 1540s by artists in Limoges, France, the leading center for enamelware. Production of painted enamels began there in the late 1400s with polychrome religious devotional plaques, then expanded throughout the 1500s to include grisaille tablewares for domestic use and decoration.

Pendleton Pantry
Jan 01, 1995

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Attributed to Pierre Reymond (French, ca. 1513-after 1584), enameler
After Etienne Delaune (French, 1518-1583), engraver (inciser)
March Calendar Plate, ca. 1560
Enamel with gilding on copper
Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 inches)
Gift of Franklin Robinson in honor of the Fine Arts Committee and the Museum Staff 1989.085

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