Marguerite de France as Minerva: a sixteenth-century Limoges painted enamel by Jean de Court in the Wallace Collection.(Critical Essay)

From: Apollo | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Higgott, Suzanne; Biron, Isabelle | Copyright information

In August 1871, Sir Richard Wallace (1818-90) acquired the extensive collection of medieval and renaissance works of art, arms and armour formed in Paris by Alfred-Emilien, Comte de Nieuwerkerke (1811 92), between 1865 and 1870. (1) One of the 'trophy' pieces in Nieuwerkerke's collection was a Limoges enamel depicting Marguerite de France (1523-74), daughter of Francois I and sister of Henri II, as the classical goddess Pallas/Minerva (Fig. 1) (2) Signed by Jean de Court and dated ...

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