MEDALLION WITH THE PROFILE OF CLEOPATRA

FIRST SCHOOL OF Fontainebleau, CIRCA 1550

France, middle of the 16th century, circa 1550.

White marble.

H. 60 cm. (23 ½ in.); W. 56 cm. (22 in.).

PROVENANCE: private collection.

Germain Pilon (1535-1590), detail of the Funerary monument for the heart of Henri II (1519- 1559), King of France, also known as The Three Graces, circa 1561-1566.
 
Paris, Louvre museum (inv. MR1591A;MR1591B).
Jean Goujon (1510-1567), detail of a nymph adorning the Fontaine des Innoncents in Paris, circa 1548.
Jean II Penicaud, Cleopatra, painted enamel plaque, middle of the 16th century.

Paris, Louvre museum (inv. OA4016).
The King of the Moors, marble medallion, 1st quarter of the sixteenth century, circa 1508–1510. Height: 53 cm; Width: 51 cm.

Dating proposed by G. Bresc-Bautier, by analogy with the group of medallions at Gaillon.

From the decor of the Château de Nançay, probably executed for Gabriel de La Châtre (married in first nuptials in 1496 to Marie de Saint-Amadour; subsequently in second nuptials to Jeanne Sanglier; d. 1538).

Listed as an HM, property of the municipality, donation, Bourges,
Musée du Berry (inv. 1863.19.2; 418).
 
Neron, marble medallion, 1st quarter of the sixteenth century, circa 1508–1510. Height: 53 cm; Width: 51 cm.
 
Dating proposed by G. Bresc-Bautier, by analogy with the group of medallions at Gaillon.

From the decor of the Château de Nançay, probably executed for Gabriel de La Châtre (married in first nuptials in 1496 to Marie de Saint-Amadour; subsequently in second nuptials to Jeanne Sanglier; d. 1538).

Listed as an HM, property of the municipality, donation, Bourges,
Musée du Berry (inv. 1863.19.2; 418).
August, marble medallion, 1st quarter of the sixteenth century, circa 1508–1510. Height: 53 cm; Width: 51 cm.
 
Dating proposed by G. Bresc-Bautier, by analogy with the group of medallions at Gaillon.

From the decor of the Château de Nançay, probably executed for Gabriel de La Châtre (married in first nuptials in 1496 to Marie de Saint-Amadour; subsequently in second nuptials to Jeanne Sanglier; d. 1538).

Listed as an HM, property of the municipality, donation, Bourges,
Musée du Berry (inv. 1863.19.2; 418).


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