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An oval 'Limoges revival' enamel dish, France, late 19th century
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- 30.5cm. wide; 12in.
painted en grisaille and in flesh tones with Rebecca at the well, after Poussin, signed with prestige initials 'P.C' supposedly for Pierre I Courteys.
Nicolas Poussin's painting of 'Rebecca at the well', now in the musée du Louvre, Paris, was much engraved and copied in the decorative arts. It was painted in 1648; Pierre Courteys flourished in Limoges in the second half of the 16th century.
Nicolas Poussin's painting of 'Rebecca at the well', now in the musée du Louvre, Paris, was much engraved and copied in the decorative arts. It was painted in 1648; Pierre Courteys flourished in Limoges in the second half of the 16th century.