Alexander the Great, ca. 1541, French, Limoges, Painted and partly gilded enamel on copper, Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm), Enamels, Based on a woodcut by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, Oostsanen ca. 1470–1533 Amsterdam), Three of the four plaques by Nouailher in this case are from a series depicting the Nine Heroes—a grouping of valiant figures popularized by Jacques de Longuyon’s early fourteenth-century romance Les Voeux du Paon (The Vows of the Peacock)
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Alexander, Great, ca, 1541, French, Limoges, Painted, partly gilded enamel, copper, Diameter, 9, 22.9 cm, Enamels, Based on a woodcut by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Netherlandish, Oostsanen ca., 1470–1533, Amsterdam, Three, four plaques, Nouailher, case, series depicting, Nine Heroes— grouping, valiant figures, popularized, Jacques de, Longuyon, early, fourteenth-century, romance, Les, Voeux, du, Paon, Vows, Peacock
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