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Estimate €600 - €800
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Enamel plate painted in grisaille with flesh highlights depicting Perseus petrifying his enemies. Limoges, mid-16th century, workshop of Léonard Limosin (c. 1505 - c. 1576/1577) H. 12 cm, L. 14.5 cm Minor edge damage Taken from chapter 5 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, the scene depicts Perseus transforming his enemies into stone statues (5, 177-209). To avoid being overwhelmed by the number of his attackers, he resorts to a magical device, pointing the Gorgon's head at those who approach him and whom he transforms into stone statues: six named and characterised figures, including one from his own camp, and a crowd (two hundred men) of attackers from the plebs, represented in the background of the scene.
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About the sale Antique paintings - Decorative Arts
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Auction time 06/16/2026 at 2:30 PM
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