15929910830001312637261000Standard Recordobject-156429170206231912216921155610001702062267223fitz-onlineadlib-object-156429https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1564298073c79c-3677-3753-b5b3-0d6fc07e93fa11referenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-120007adlib-term-12000700af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785bFrank McCleantranslucent royal blue, two shades of green, and mulberry, and opaque flesh, red, white, and blackreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationcopper plaques, almost flat, partly foiled in silver, and enamelled in translucent royal blue, two shades of green, and mulberry, partly over silver foil, and opaque flesh, red, white, and blackin translucent royal blue, two shades of green, and mulberry, partly over silver foil, and opaque flesh, red, white, and blackreferenceterm-28662adlib-term-28662dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8enamellingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-106692adlib-term-106692ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4woodFramereferenceterm-109906adlib-term-109906cbea03fb-f9ac-3c28-ab2d-d20a955a2b53silver foilreferenceterm-39588adlib-term-39588b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191copperPlaquesHeightcm10.8Widthcm3.5Side PlaquesHeightcm10.8Widthcm7.1Centre PlaqueWidthcm11ClosedWidthcm21.2OpenApplied ArtsCopper, decorated in translucent and opaque enamels, partly over foils. The Crucifixion in the centre panel with St James on the left wing and St Catherine on the right wing, enclosed in a wooden frame with folding wingsThree copper plaques, almost flat, and partly foiled in silver, enamelled in translucent royal blue, two shades of green, and mulberry, and opaque flesh, red, white, and black,and gilded. On the centre plaque Christ hangs on a gilded Cross with the word INRI on a titulus above his head. He wears a crown of thorns, and a loin cloth, and blood streams from a wound in his right side. The Virgin Mary stands on the left with her hands extended, wearing a green veil, a royal blue gown over a green skirt, and a purple cloak. St John stands on the right with his hands clasped in prayer. He has long blonde hair and wears a blue gown with green sleeves, and a purple cloak. The cloudy blue sky is scattered with small groups of gold rays, and on the right is a white crescent moon enclosing a profile face. The lower background is uneven dark green.
The Saints on the two wings each stand on a green tiled floor beneath an ogee arch supported by diagonally fluted columns with a shallow apse behind them. Above the arches there are circular medallions, reserved in a black ground, that on the left wing occupied by a bearded man in profile to right wearing a turquoise helmet, and that on the right by a a clean-shaven man three-quarters to left wearing a green helmet. On the left wing St James is depicted as a pilgrim holding a staff in his right hand and an open book in his left. He is bearded, and barefooted, and wears a green hat, blue gown, and a dark bluish-green cloak. On the other wing St Catherine holds the hilt of a sword in her right hand, and an open book in her left. She wears a gold crown, a purple gown over a dark blue petticoat, and a royal blue cloak. The outlines of the costume, the architectural features, and medallions are gilded, and there are gold foliated scrolls in the spaces around the medallions.M.43-19041accession numberM.43-1904156429priref156429urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156429https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156429referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumFrank McClean bequestreferenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frank190419041904bequeathedEntry date: 190418501850CE1850circa1850190011900CE19001900makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownAlthough in the style of Limoges Renaissance painted enamels, this triptych was made in the 19th century, possibly in Paris, or Limoges. The triptych was excluded from Dalton’s catalogue, presumably on the grounds that it was a pastiche. The Saints on the wings were probably inspired by the images on the wings of the famous triptych which bears on the right wing, the inscription MONVAERNI or MONVAEPNI on St Catherine’s sword, and in the 19th century was successively in the Didier-Petit, Odiot, and Cottreau collections in Paris. It is now in the Taft Museum, Cincinnati (See Documentation, Verdier, 1995). Her other attribute, a wheel, and her persecutor the Emperor Maxentius, which are shown on the triptych wing have been omitted. This image of St Catherine also occurs on a plaque in the Wallace Collection (IIIF 239, see Documentation, Higgott, 2011), and on the right wing of a triptych in the Frick Collection (see Documentation, Verdier and Focarino, 1977 ).An almost identical triptych is in the Museo Diocesano Francesco Gonzaga at Mantua (see Documentation, Venturi, 2010), and another was sold by Christie's in London on 4 July, 2000, lot 37.referenceterm-118652adlib-term-1186525a255bf0-199c-337e-ae02-4096e18f0ccf19th Century, second half#referenceterm-129470adlib-term-1294708353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21literalFranceFrancecountryProbably made in Paris, or possibly in LimogesParisHeightcm18.9referencemedia-136133adlib-media-13613335f7cafe-26e5-3b69-9aee-f88f50b6604ejpegaa/aa20/M_43_1904_20_280_29.jpg1heightpixels680widthpixels76016162485451921imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_43_1904_20_280_29.jpg1heightpixels447widthpixels50016162485451921imagejpegaa/aa20/M_43_1904_20_280_29.jpg1heightpixels680widthpixels76016162485451921imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_43_1904_20_280_29.jpg1heightpixels224widthpixels25016162485451921image0media
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imagereferenceterm-97857adlib-term-978576c8d01af-3471-3ebd-9ca6-b9efad65e609triptychobject namereferenceterm-125750adlib-term-1257502b10ac09-63c3-34ed-87d5-487058c1c344Limoges painted enamelscategoryhistory notePropert Collection (?)referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. pp. 335-7, Triptych, close up of St Catherine, p. 336335-7referencepublication-200002173adlib-publication-200002173015e9a2c-0df7-319b-bea0-58099aae6226Limoges EnamelsCf. pp. 18-23, inv. no. 18.4.1, St Catherine on the wing of a triptych18-23referencepublication-200002180adlib-publication-200002180a2294bc4-cc14-3e0f-9aab-728d1027c94eLimoges Painted Enamels, Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesCf. pp. 186-90, no. 59, a plaque of St Catherine of Alexandria attributed to the Master of the Orleans Tryptich, which was sold at the Hotel Drouot, Paris in March 1864186-90referencepublication-7299adlib-publication-72996f4a68e9-f500-30d4-b9dd-88b93e40816aThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted EnamelsCf. pp. 112-13, no. 34, an almost similar triptych; see also pp. 64-5, no. 13, an triptych with a similar frame but entirely different plaques, one of which is signed Samson for Samson of Paris. This suggests a Paris origin rather than a Limoges origin for this plaque.112-13referencepublication-7429adlib-publication-7429b6d14e98-51c2-3c59-930b-44d25846da90Gli smalti dipinti Limoges, Museo Diocesano Francesco Gonzagareferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-97857adlib-term-978576c8d01af-3471-3ebd-9ca6-b9efad65e609triptychtriptychCrucifixion with St James and St Catherine of Alexandriaobject
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