ENAMEL PLATE “JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS” Limoges, 16th century. Probably Pierre Reymond (1513–1584), after a woodcut by Bernard Salomon (1506–1561). Enamel painted “en grisaille” with shades of beige and pink and gold drawing on a round, slightly recessed copper plate. Depiction of Joseph filling his brothers' sacks with grain. The lip is decorated with two-handled vases, hybrid creatures, and grotesque masks. Counter-enamel in the same style with scrollwork, a flower, hybrid creatures, and grotesque heads. In a metal mount. Ø 20.5 cm. Minimal scratches and cracks. Gold drawing lost. Minor restorations and traces of adhesive below the mount on the verso. The depiction is based on a woodcut by Bernard Salomon (1506–1561), reproduced in Claude Paradin's “Quadrins Historiques de la Bible,” printed by Jean de Tournes. The V&A has an enamel plate from the former Jules Soulages Collection depicting the same scene, but in a polychrome design, which is attributed to Jean de Court or his workshop (Inv. No. 8425-1863). Like the plate on offer, it probably comes from a larger series on the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. In addition to the grisaille execution, the plate on offer also differs in the design of the lip, which is somewhat simpler than on the plate by Jean de Court. On the other hand, the respective versos are very similar. The attribution of the lot on offer to Pierre Reymond is based on the “dot motif” typical of this artist and on a comparison with a series of nine month-plates, formerly in the Collection of Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, now in the Louvre in Paris, which have a very similar design of the lip and parts of the verso. Cf. Sophie Baratte: Les émaux peints de Limoges. Paris, 2000, pp. 222-230.