Plaque Depicting the Trojan Horse from the Aeneid (c. 1530–40): Art, History and Details

Plaque Depicting the Trojan Horse from the Aeneid (c. 1530–40) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Master of the Aeneid Series (French).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This plaque is among the earliest examples of the technique of enamel on copper used during the Renaissance to depict secular scenes. Although it illustrates a passage from the ancient text of the Aeneid, the architecture and dress are more reflective of the courtly style popular in 16th-century France, when this work was made.

Object facts

• Title: Plaque Depicting the Trojan Horse from the Aeneid
• Date: c. 1530–40
• Creator attribution: Master of the Aeneid Series (French)
• Culture: France, Limoges
• Type: Enamel
• Technique: painted enamel on copper, gilt-silver frame
• Dimensions: Overall: 23.8 x 21.4 cm (9 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1974.40

Collection credit

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62-102.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

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