The Waddesdon bequest : catalog of the works of art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898 (1902)
British Museum, Read, Charles Hercules · London : Trustees of the British Museum · leaf 36
the back is an iiiscri|)tion in black ink, which with the artists mark reads as follows : CHARLES 9 rois de francen6 en 1550.Charles IX. was really bcrn in 1550, and as the date (that of the /aintiiii;) is the onlygenuine part of the above inscription, the portrait clearly cannot be that of the… … Fig. 9. Enamel Panel from a Casket (No. 26). holdino- up a vase of fruit ; over the gimwale of the boat two glass flasksare slung. Inscription in gold mun C mon QV . . vovs • abandonk •PRENE • LE • QVAR • IE • LI. • vus • DONE. Black background,figures in gray monochrome, delicately tinted. Dull…
Rothschild, Ferdinand, 1839-1898 · Art objects · Cloisonné
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