COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.49.7.108
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Limosin, Léonard
Creator Name:
Limosin, Léonard
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
ca. 1505-ca. 1575-1577
Creator Name-CRT:
Léonard Limosin
Title:
Henry d'Albret (1503-1555), King of Navarre
Title:
Plaque
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
16th century (1556)
Creation Start Date:
1556
Creation End Date:
1556
Materials and Techniques:
Enamel, painted on copper and partly gilded
Classification Term:
Enamels
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (19.1 x 14.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
49.7.108
Credit Line:
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Context:
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) and Corneille de Lyon (before 1500-1574), 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 the brother-in-law of the French king, François I (1497-1547), who ruled the independent kingdom of Navarre from 1518 until 1555.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.es49.7.108.R.tif
Initial Sort:
Limosin, Léonard
Plaque
