Casket: Scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Creator
Couly Noyier II
(French, 1514 - 1571)
Former AttributionFormerly attributed to
Unknown
Date1525-1550
Mediumwood box, covered with leather and inset with 13 painted (or gilded) enamel panels (enamel on copper), metal fittings (hinges, clasp, lock(?) and modern handle), interior lined with paper and coloured (red); enamel and gilding
DimensionsClosed (handle vertical): 14.7 × 18.1 × 12.7 cm, 11 grams (5 13/16 × 7 1/8 × 5 in.)
Credit LineThe Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Category
Object numberAGOID.29263
Copyright
© 2017 Art Gallery of Ontario
Location
- Gallery 114 Thomson European
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Couly Noyier II
c. 1540
Casket
Michel Mann
c. 1630
Silver
