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| Keywords: Barthélemy Texier - Plaque with Saint George - Walters 4463.jpg The saint wearing pseudo-classical armor decorated with scrolls a winged helmet and embroidered buskins his flying mantle clasped on the right shoulder with a round fibula rides a white horse which rears toward the right Beneath its feet lies the dragon which he has vanquished with his spear A quiver of arrows is slung at his belt To the left in the background kneels Princess Sabrina Above her in the clouds an angel holds a shield charged with the arms of the saint These should be argent a cross gules but the enameller has transcribed them as azure a cross argent The inscription S GEORGES is lettered vertically on the background at the extreme left At the right rises a tree 2nd quarter 16th century Early Modern technique painted enamel copper cm 14 3 11 8 accession number 44 63 7489 Frédéric Spitzer Collection Paris by purchase no 83 Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 no 499 Charles Borradaile Collection Brighton date of acquisition unknown by purchase George Robinson Harding London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Barthélemy Texier Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Spitzer Collection | ||||
