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MEDALLION, CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKS…
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MEDALLION, CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKS…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
MEDALLION, CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF LÉONARD PÉNICAUD, KNOWN AS NARDON, CIRCA 1500
An oval medallion in painted polychrome enamel on copper, depicting the Virgin Mary kneeling with her hands clasped in front of the blessing Christ. In an antique gilt copper moulded frame,
Dark counter-enamel
(Some wear, accidents and restorations around the edges)
A MEDALLION, THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF LÉONARD PÉNICAUD, KNOWN AS NARDON, CIRCA 1 500
7,80 x 6,20 CM - 3,1 x 2,4 IN.
Léonard, known as Nardon Pénicaud
French enameller (?-c. 1542), mentioned in 1493, consul in Limoges in 1513, first identified Limoges enamel painter (Crucifixion of 1503, Musée de Cluny; Coronation of the Virgin, central panel of a triptych, polychrome with a dominant deep blue, Louvre).
At the end of the fifteenth century, Limoges' enamelling workshops experienced a new flowering (after those of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries), with the success of painted enamel on copper. This technique was used for devotional paintings, in response to the period's taste for objects of personal piety.
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