LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Limoges

Henri d'Albret (1503–1555), King of Navarre, Plaque, mid-16th century Léonard Limosin (French, ca. 1505–1575/77) Made in Limoges, France Enamel, painted on copper and partly gilded 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (19.1 x 14.3 cm) The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.108) Léonard Limosin was the greatest enamel painter working in the style of the School of Fontainebleau, Italian Mannerists and French artists active at the French court from about 1530 to 1570. Limosin's enameled portraits are numerous, and he has been ranked, along with Jean Clouet (1486–1540/41) and Corneille de Lyon (before 1500–1575), as the best portrait painter of Renaissance France. This plaque, one of at least six based on a drawing attributed to Limosin (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), portrays Henri d'Albret, brother-in-law of the French king Francis I (1497–1547). Henri ruled the independent kingdom of Navarre from 1518 to 1555. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/font/ho_49.7.108.htm

Plaque: the Sibyl Agrippa Enamel, partly gilded, on copper Workshop of Leonard Limosin (ca. 1505-1575/77) Limoges, probably about 1535-40 Accession # 32.100.252 A full-length version of this sibyl, painted by Leonard Limosin himself, belongs to a series of sibyls now in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. A half-length version, painted by the master and probably the model for this plaque, is in the British Museum, London. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Julius Caesar, ca. 1541 Couly II Nouailher (French, Limoges, active 1539–67) Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper Diam. 7 1/4 in. (24.1 cm) Gift of V. Everit Macy, 1928 (28.217.2) This portrait of Julius Caesar is part of a series depicting the Nine Worthies, historical figures thought to embody the values of chivalry—from antiquity: Hector, Alexander, and Julius Caesar; from the Old Testament: Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabeus; and from the Middle Ages: King Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godefroy de Bouillon. The Nine Worthies were first extolled as exemplars of the chivalric code by Jacques de Longuyon, in his romance Les Voeux du Paon (The Vows of the Peacock, ca. 1312), and thereafter became a popular subject in French literature and art. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/limo/ho_28.217.2.htm