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Hexagonal Salt, painted with the Weaknesses of Wise Men

Unknown artist, 1535–1545

Limoges salt depicting Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge, Delilah about to cut Samson's hair, Solomon turned to idolatry, Virgil tricked by the Emperor's daughter, Campaspe riding the philosopher Aristotle, and Jael killing the warrior Sisera. Part of a gift to five museums by Richmond Inglis Cochrane through the Art Fund between 1995 and 1997.

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Title of artwork, date

Hexagonal Salt, painted with the Weaknesses of Wise Men, 1535–1545

Date supported

1996

Medium and material

Enamels and gold on copper

Dimensions

7 x 9 cm

Gifted by

Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection

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