Pendant Capsule with Miniature Portraits of King Charles IX of France and his Mother Catherine de’ Medici

ca. 1571/72, Artist: Francois Clouet

 

 

Pendant Capsule with Miniature Portraits of King Charles IX of France and his Mother Catherine de’ Medici

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer Wien Raum XXIX

Object data

Object Name

Jewellery; Medallion

Culture

Paris

Dated

ca. 1571/72

Artist

Francois Clouet (zw. 1510/20 Tours ? - 1572 Paris) - GND

François Dujardin (1543 - 1587)

Material

Gold, enamel, miniature painting

Dimensions

Gesamthöhe (mit Ring): 7,1 cm

Höhe der Kapsel: 6,1 cm, B. 4,7 cm

Miniatur: Höhe 5 cm, B. 3,7 cm

Inscribed

"PIETATE ET IVSTITIA"

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer

Inv. No.

Kunstkammer, 1601

Depiction/Person

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