9G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH MUSEUM. 



Painted Enamels of Limoges. — Of the earlier type, the 

 most striking and important is a triptych by Nardon Penicaud, 

 with the Entombment, the Deposition, and the Resurrection. 

 For beauty and brilliancy of colour, and for the fine character- 

 istic drawing this piece is in the first rank ; and in these respects 

 is quite comparable with the triptych from the same hand in 

 the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection. The other pieces by 

 Nardon Penicaud are two panels of fine drawing, but more 

 quiet in their colouring, the Bearing of the Cross and the 

 Resurrection. Of the same school is a leaf-shaped panel with 

 a Tree of Jesse, a smaller triptych, and a pax. 



Several examples may be set down as from the hand of 

 Jean Penicaud II. One of them showing a miracle of St. 

 Martial is signed in full ; of the others, three are in the peculiar 

 statuesque style, a figure of " Fides "* and others of the 

 Evangelists SS. Matthew and John. The production of the 

 Penicaud school are represented by a very fine casket of gilt metal 

 with panels of very minute style illustrating the Labours of 

 Hercules, and a small and brilliant panel evidently from the 

 same hand ; two panels from the Story of Psyche (after 

 engravings by the Master of the Die), an oviform vase with 

 combats of warriors, and two plates with the creation of Adam 

 and the Fall. The enigmatical artist known as Kip is repie- 

 sented by three good specimens, one of them a fascinating 

 composition with the Virgin and Child seated in a building. 

 Of the work of Pierre Reymond (whether one artist, or father 

 and son; there are 1^ examples dating from 1538 to 1571. An 

 interesting and brilliant piece is a panel representing monks 

 playing bowls, another very attractive object is a ewer with 

 Moses striking the Rock, a second with the Exodus from Egypt, 

 a fine oval dish signed P. REX MO 1571 with the Creation of 

 Eve, &c., in grisaille, a blue tinted grizaille tazza with Dido 

 entertaining Aeneas; five plates from a set illustrating the 

 Story of the Golden Fleece, and a large rose-water dish with a 

 procession of the seasons. Leonard Limousin is represented by 

 eight pieces, of which six are copies of the engravings before- 

 mentioned of the Story of Cupid and Psyche, all in their 

 original frames ; another shows St. Hubert and the miraculous 

 stag, painted in brilliant colours, while the last and most 

 important is a, portrait of one of the Reformers, said to be 

 Calvin himself, executed in the best style of the artist. Of Jean 

 Court " dit Vigier " there are two examples,, both signed ; a tazza 

 admirably executed with marine deities, another with the falling 

 of the manna. Jean Courtois has four pieces, two of them of 

 exceptional brilliancy of colouring, one a tazza, shows the various 

 phases of the Deluge, the other Joseph receiving his brethren. 

 Pierre Courtois has five examples, of which two, again, are of 

 more than usual interest ; one shows a kneeling family of four 

 persons with the Annunciation in the background and the 

 signature P. OVRTEYS, while the other has an allegorical 

 subject referring to the age of man. One important panel and 

 two lesser pieces are from the hand of Suzanne Court. The 



