File:Pierre Courteys - Ewer with Triumph of Venus and Neptune - Walters 44278 - Profile.jpg

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Pierre Courteys: Ewer with Triumph of Venus and Neptune   (  )
Artist	Pierre Courteys  (fl. 1550–1568)     Alternative names Pierre, I Courteys; Pierre, I Courtois; Pierre, I Courtoys Description French enamelist Date of birth/death circa 1520 date QS:P,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 circa 1586 date QS:P,+1586-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Work period from 1550 until 1568 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1568-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Work location Limoges  Authority file : Q3384556 VIAF: 96155407 ISNI: 0000000023185803 ULAN: 500068377 WGA: c/courteys GND: 122174542 artist QS:P170,Q3384556
Title	Ewer with Triumph of Venus and Neptune
Description	English: Painted in "grisaille," this elegant ewer would originally have been paired with a basin of similar design.
Date	circa 1567 date QS:P571,+1567-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Renaissance era QS:P2348,Q4692 )
Medium	painted enamel and gilded copper
Dimensions	H: 26.3 cm (10.3 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.278
Place of creation	Limoges, France
Object history	Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753) of Narford Hall, Norfolk, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Andrew Fountaine (1808-1874), [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance Sale of the Narford Heirlooms, London, June 16, 1884, lot 286 William A. Tyssen-Amherst (son-in-law of Andrew Fountaine, created in 1892 Baron Amherst of Hackney), Didlington Hall, Brandon, Norfolk, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, London, December 11, 1908, lot 60 Seligmann Brothers, Paris, 1908, by purchase 1911: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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