FOUR PLATES depicting four PORTRAITS of WOMEN - Workshop of Léonard II Limosin - France

FOUR PLAQUES depicting four PORTRAITS of WOMEN
Workshop of Leonardo II Limosin
Limoges, France
17th century
Enamelled copper
H.: 15.5; W.: 11.5 cm (visible)
H.: 22; W.: 18 cm (visible)
(old accidents)

Four rectangular plaques in painted and enameled copper depicting four bust portraits in medallion of women each dressed in a dress of the same purple shade on a midnight blue background. The corners are each decorated with a flower bud with translucent petals on a gilded foliage background; salmon-coloured counter-enamel.
Two of the medallions have a background punctuated with floral friezes while the other two are plain. The two portraits seem to represent the same female character: Anne of Austria, Queen of France (1601-1666). These portraits are similar to the engravings by Michel Lasne after Philippe de Champaigne.
The other two enamelled plaques represent two women holding a rosary in their hands and whose clothing can be compared to the engraved works of Abraham Bosse.
It should be noted that three of the four women are wearing a laissez-tout-faire, a clothing accessory of the time.
19th century drill holes and frames.

Léonard II Limosin, nephew of Léonard I Limosin (circa 1530-circa 1575), was a French enamel painter born around 1550 and died around 1625.

                  
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A similar copy – of which we find the golden floral ornamental composition on a midnight blue background, by Jean II Limosin, depicting the portrait of Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre, is kept at the Wallace collection in London, inv.C598.

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