# Hexagonal Salt: The Ages of Love

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NOUAILHER, Couly II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nouailher-couly-ii-r850107eab4de98>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Enamelled copper, height 8 cm, diameter 12 cm

## Commentary

On a pair of hollow copper bases, each consisting of six rectangular side panels of similar dimensionssealed by hexagonal top and base sections with broad borders and central, circular wells, The Ages of Love is depicted in grisaille enamel and translucent enamels with silver-grey details and with enlevage and gilding. The counter-enamel is not visible.

## Related artworks

- [Alexander the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nouailher-couly-ii-r850107eab4de98/alexander-the-great-r3476d1c632d96f>)
- [The Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nouailher-couly-ii-r850107eab4de98/the-entombment-rcde14403c4aa1a>)
- [The Mocking of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nouailher-couly-ii-r850107eab4de98/the-mocking-of-christ-r9298435a934ac2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)