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Lot Essay
The present lot shows strong similarity to known works by Limosin and Courteys. Consideration can be given to two sets of plaques depicting full length apostles attributed to Léonard Limosin in the Louvre (inv. no. N1245 and 6) and in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chartres (inv. no. D50-2-1 to 12). However the present plaque has a slight relief and can be compared to another with same dimensions in a private collection representing the Virgin in a very similar position (see fig. 1), suggesting it is from a Crucifixion triptych that may have been dismantled.
Parallels can also be drawn between the depiction of our clouds and those on the plaques of the allegories of Charles IX as Mars and Catherine de Medici as Juno in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles (inv. no. 86.SE.536), as well as the treatment of the vegetation and figures on the backgrounds of the two plaques for the months of February and May in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. MR 2548 and OA 953).
The treatment in low relief and the special design in lines for the faces are similar to the large plaques created by Pierre Courteys. Amongst Courteys’ works of interest, we can include 9 oval plaques with 6 gods and 3 virtues dated 1559 now at the Musée d’Écouen (Jupiter, Justice, Mars, Hercules, Mercury, Saturn, Charity, Prudence and Apollo, inv. no. 1496 to 1504) and the Laocoon plaque now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Limoges.
Parallels can also be drawn between the depiction of our clouds and those on the plaques of the allegories of Charles IX as Mars and Catherine de Medici as Juno in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles (inv. no. 86.SE.536), as well as the treatment of the vegetation and figures on the backgrounds of the two plaques for the months of February and May in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. MR 2548 and OA 953).
The treatment in low relief and the special design in lines for the faces are similar to the large plaques created by Pierre Courteys. Amongst Courteys’ works of interest, we can include 9 oval plaques with 6 gods and 3 virtues dated 1559 now at the Musée d’Écouen (Jupiter, Justice, Mars, Hercules, Mercury, Saturn, Charity, Prudence and Apollo, inv. no. 1496 to 1504) and the Laocoon plaque now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Limoges.