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Plaque Depicting The Trojan Horse from the Aeneid

Plaque Depicting The Trojan Horse from the Aeneid

c. 1530–1540

Description

This plaque is among the earliest examples of the technique of enamel on copper used during the Renaissance to depict secular scenes. Although it illustrates a passage from the ancient text of the Aeneid, the architecture and dress are more reflective of the courtly style popular in 16th-century France, when this work was made.
  • Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna. Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna. (Rosenberg & Steibel, New York). Sydney J. Lamon, New York. (Blumka Gallery, New York).
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62-102. mentioned & reproduced PP 66 & 97, cat. no. 13 25152580
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. reproduced P 117 archive.org
  • Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
  • {{cite web|title=Plaque Depicting The Trojan Horse from the Aeneid|url=false|author=Master of the Aeneid Series|year=c. 1530–1540|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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