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anonymous: Medallion with the Emperor Augustus's Vision of the Virgin and Child   (  )
Artist	Circle of Limbourg brothers  (fl. 1402–1416)     Description Netherlandish manuscript illuminator Date of birth/death circa 1385-1387 1416 Location of birth/death Nijmegen Bourges Work period 1402-1416 Work location Paris, Bourges Authority file : Q217816 VIAF: 192149106324668492651 ULAN: 500115592 MusicBrainz: cb320090-955c-4de2-b16f-8131217c1c23 WGA: l/limbourg BNF: 140062043 artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1776,Q217816
Title	Medallion with the Emperor Augustus's Vision of the Virgin and Child
Description	English: According to legend, the Roman emperor Augustus asked a prophetess if there was anyone greater than himself. It was the day of Christ's birth, and the answer came to the emperor in a vision: a golden circle around the sun, in the middle of which was a beautiful virgin and a child. One side of the pendant shows Augustus and the other, the Virgin and Child. The sophisticated style, superb workmanship, and imagery connect this piece to the Parisian workshop of Jean and Paul de Limbourg from Guelders (in the northern Netherlands), who created some of the finest International Gothic manuscript paintings. They initially trained as goldsmiths and their younger brother Arnold (of whom no works are known) was a goldsmith in Guelders. The enamelist who created this masterpiece and a few related works was an accomplished painter as well as a goldsmith.
Date	circa 1420 date QS:P571,+1420-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Late Medieval)
Medium	painted enamel on silver (?) with gilded silver mount
Dimensions	H: 2 3/8 x Diam: 2 1/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 cm)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.462
Place of creation	Paris, France
Object history	Collection of F. W. B. Massey-Manwaring [date and mode of acquisition unknown] G. R. Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1914: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. I, Claudius: Art in the Age of Julio-Claudians. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1977-1978. Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980. Schatzkammerstücke aus der Herbstzeit des Mittelalters: Das Regensburger Emailkästchen und sein Umkreis. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. 1992. Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997. Art from the Court of Burgundy, 1364-1419. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. 2004-2005. Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2010.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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