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| Keywords: Léonard Limosin - Aeneas - Walters 44239.jpg This plaque represents the great Trojan hero who fled with his companions to Italy where he founded the city of Rome He is pictured wearing a plumed helmet a breast-plate enriched with a lion's mask and a mantle fastened on his left shoulder by an intaglio brooch A companion plaque of Aeneas' lover Dido Queen of Carthage also belongs to the Walters collection Walters 44 240 ca 1540 technique painted enamel copper Without frame cm 29 2 23 6 accession number 44 239 40627 Castle of Gaillon George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Carthage l'histoire sa trace et son écho Musée du Petit Palais Genève 1995 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Aeneas Plumed helmets in art | ||||
