Julius Caesar
probably ca. 1541
Medium
Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
Dimensions
Diameter (without frame): 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diameter (with frame): 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm)
Classification
Enamels-Painted
Culture
French, Limoges
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of V. Everit Macy, 1928
Accession Number
28.217.2a, b
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Colin Nouailher · 1471–1571
Colin Nouailher, also known as Couly II Nouailher or simply Colin—a patois diminutive for Nicolas—was a prominent French enameler born around 1514 in Limoges and died circa 1588. The son of Couly Nouailher I, another enameler from the same city, he was the second family member to adopt the sobriquets Couly and Colin. Active from at least 1539 to 1545, with works extending later, Nouailher signed h...