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Keywords: Pierre Pénicaud - Plaque with Acrobats - Walters 44189.jpg While the subject of this unique plaque is acrobats its larger theme is the physical and mental agility that underlies the goal of virtuosity so important to artists and patrons of this period Acrobatics permit the display of masculine agility and strength for their own sake without an underlying narrative The contrast with the contained rhythms of the Plaque with the Three Graces Walters 44 219 is striking The use of grisaille accentuates the abstract aspects of the design at the expense of realism The artist's point of departure may be a design by Juste de Juste also known as Guisti Betti 1505-59 a Florentine sculptor who was employed at the Palace of Fontainebleau The manipulation of anatomy for aesthetic effect is characteristic of the mannerist style that flourished there ca 1550 Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 43 4 30 4 accession number 44 189 3771 Cambry date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry T Hope date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Pelham-Clinton seventh Duke of Newcastle date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale London July 7 1921 lot 117 F Leverton Harris of Camilla Lacey Surrey date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale London July 7 1928 lot 38 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Special Exhibition of the Works of Art of the Mediaeval Renaissance and More Recent Periods South Kensington Museum London 1862 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Pénicaud Acrobats in art Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum
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