Hand mirror with Christ as the Good Shepherd

attributed to Jean Limosin, c. 1640 - c. 1660

The colourful enamel on this copper hand mirror represents Christ as the Good Shepherd. He protects his flock, which stands for the Christian community, by slaying a wolf. The meaning of the Latin inscription below the scene is ‘take care of my sheep’ and was Christ’s call to his apostles to continue his work.

  • Artwork typehand mirror
  • Object numberBK-1958-46
  • Dimensionsheight 11.1 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 7.6 cm x thickness 1.2 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand mirror with Christ as the Good Shepherd

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1958-46

  • Description

    Ovale handspiegel in een zilveren montuur. De koperen achterzijde is gedecoreerd met een voorstelling in email. De voorstelling toont Christus als goede herder, die een wolf doodt. Links van hem een witte hond en rechts van hem zit voor een kleine stal een herder met twee schapen. Onder de voorstelling is met goud een tekst aangebracht tegen een zwarte achtergrond: 'Pasce Que meas [...]cun de nous f[...]' en het monogram IL.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • monogram: ‘IL’
    • inscription: ‘Pasce Que meas // [...]cun de nous f[...]’

Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: attributed to Jean Limosin, Limoges
    • maker: attributed to Jehan Limosin, Limoges
  • Dating

    c. 1640 - c. 1660

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 11.1 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 7.6 cm x thickness 1.2 cm


Explanatory note

  • Deze handspiegel bevat het monogram IL, wat werd gebruikt door Jean Limosin I en Jean Limosin II. Beide emailleerden meerdere spiegels. [Lucinda Timmermans 2019]


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  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 56, no. Em 26, Artistic no. 14/14; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


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