Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John

Artist Pierre Courteys (1520-1590)

Manufacturer Limoges

Manufacturer Pierre Courteys (1520-1590)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1555-1575

MediumEnamel on copper

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number86.79

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, 310, ROW 89

DescriptionAdult women Elizabeth and Mary seated in a landscape, with their children John the Baptist and the infant Jesus. A stable or barn is behind them, and a city in the distance. Made from enamels on copper, in blues, violet, green, tan and gold.

Published ReferencesCATALOGUE OF THE SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBITION OF ENAMELS ON METAL, (George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode: London, 1874), no. 548, p. 85 David W. Steadman, "Collection Spotlight: New Limoges Enamel Relates to Painting in the Collection," THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM BULLETIN, Vol. 16, No. 6 (June 1986), p. 4, ill.