Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh probably early 17th century Master IC (probably Jean Court) French, Limoges This large oval plate, representing the Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh as described in Exodus 13-15, is a superb example of French Renaissance painted enamel. The term "enamel" denotes the technique of enriching metal with the application of glass-like material, not unlike a glaze on ceramics. From antiquity to the fourteenth century, enamel production relied on the application of narrow strips of metal to the surface in order to isolate colors. Painted enamel, perfected in Limoges after decades of experimentation, was a far more complex approach. The resulting image depended on the successful manipulation of the enamel colors with the supporting metal.Jean de Court, sometimes called the Master I.C., was highly esteemed not only for the fine craftsmanship of his enamels, but as a painter to royalty. He succeeded François Clouet as Court painter to Charles IX (r

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Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh probably early 17th century Master IC (probably Jean Court) French, Limoges This large oval plate, representing the Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh as described in Exodus 13-15, is a superb example of French Renaissance painted enamel. The term "enamel" denotes the technique of enriching metal with the application of glass-like material, not unlike a glaze on ceramics. From antiquity to the fourteenth century, enamel production relied on the application of narrow strips of metal to the surface in order to isolate colors. Painted enamel, perfected in Limoges after decades of experimentation, was a far more complex approach. The resulting image depended on the successful manipulation of the enamel colors with the supporting metal.Jean de Court, sometimes called the Master I.C., was highly esteemed not only for the fine craftsmanship of his enamels, but as a painter to royalty. He succeeded François Clouet as Court painter to Charles IX (r

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