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LÉONARD LIMOSIN (CA. 1505 - CA. 1576)
The item was sold for 40 300 €
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LÉONARD LIMOSIN (CA. 1505 - CA. 1576)
Polychrome painted enamel plaque on deep-drawn rectangular copper plate with gold highlights. It features a bust portrait of Denise de Neufville (ca. 1548 - ca. 1580) on a plain cobalt-blue background in a black frame. She is shown three-quarter-face with a manganese dress and small cabochons of gold and silver enameled pearls in the headdress and neck. Turquoise scalloped entablature. Colorless fondant counter-enamel on copper (salmon). Monogrammed and dated lower right on entablature * L * L * 1560 (very worn)
Limoges, Léonard Limosin, 16th century, circa 1560.
Height: 18 cm - Width: 14.5 cm
(Wear, small chips and old restorations)
We have found the drawing that Limosin used as a model for this plaque. It was formerly attributed to François Clouet and is now kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Estampes et photographie [RESERVE BOITE FOL-NA-22 (10)].
Denise de Neufville was a distinguished figure at the French Court. The daughter of a diplomat and advisor to the King's Privy Council, she married Henri Clausse, State Councillor, Superintendent General & Grand Master of Waters & Forests of the Kingdom of France, in 1568.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Louis Bourdery and Émile Lachenaud, "Léonard Limosin, peintre de portraits", Paris, 1893.
- Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin, "Léonard Limosin: l'apogée de l'émail peint (2)", Blog Apprendre à voir, December 28, 2013, https://deprouw. fr/blog/leonard-limosin-le-bref-apogee-de-lemail-peint-2/.
Léonard Limosin
Léonard Limosin was an eminent French painter and enameller who was born around 1505 in Limoges and died between 1575 and 1577. Noted for his perfect mastery of his art, he became painter to King François I at the age of 25. In his capacity as "enameller and ordinary painter of the king's chamber", he was called upon to produce portraits of the most eminent members of the court and, more generally, of the kingdom of France. Between 1532 and 1574, he produced an estimated 1,840 enamels.
To produce these sumptuous portraits, it is now proven that Limosin had access to drawings by Jean or François Clouet, as Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin explains in her reference publication "Léonard Limosin : l'apogée de l'émail peint". It would even seem that Limosin made copies of Clouet's drawings that could be transferred to the enamel plate using the poncif method.
Polychrome painted enamel plaque on deep-drawn rectangular copper plate with gold highlights. It features a bust portrait of Denise de Neufville (ca. 1548 - ca. 1580) on a plain cobalt-blue background in a black frame. She is shown three-quarter-face with a manganese dress and small cabochons of gold and silver enameled pearls in the headdress and neck. Turquoise scalloped entablature. Colorless fondant counter-enamel on copper (salmon). Monogrammed and dated lower right on entablature * L * L * 1560 (very worn)
Limoges, Léonard Limosin, 16th century, circa 1560.
Height: 18 cm - Width: 14.5 cm
(Wear, small chips and old restorations)
We have found the drawing that Limosin used as a model for this plaque. It was formerly attributed to François Clouet and is now kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Estampes et photographie [RESERVE BOITE FOL-NA-22 (10)].
Denise de Neufville was a distinguished figure at the French Court. The daughter of a diplomat and advisor to the King's Privy Council, she married Henri Clausse, State Councillor, Superintendent General & Grand Master of Waters & Forests of the Kingdom of France, in 1568.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Louis Bourdery and Émile Lachenaud, "Léonard Limosin, peintre de portraits", Paris, 1893.
- Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin, "Léonard Limosin: l'apogée de l'émail peint (2)", Blog Apprendre à voir, December 28, 2013, https://deprouw. fr/blog/leonard-limosin-le-bref-apogee-de-lemail-peint-2/.
Léonard Limosin
Léonard Limosin was an eminent French painter and enameller who was born around 1505 in Limoges and died between 1575 and 1577. Noted for his perfect mastery of his art, he became painter to King François I at the age of 25. In his capacity as "enameller and ordinary painter of the king's chamber", he was called upon to produce portraits of the most eminent members of the court and, more generally, of the kingdom of France. Between 1532 and 1574, he produced an estimated 1,840 enamels.
To produce these sumptuous portraits, it is now proven that Limosin had access to drawings by Jean or François Clouet, as Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin explains in her reference publication "Léonard Limosin : l'apogée de l'émail peint". It would even seem that Limosin made copies of Clouet's drawings that could be transferred to the enamel plate using the poncif method.