A lapis-set gilt bronze traveling devotional altarpiece with Limoges enamel plaque likely 18th century or earlier
The Limoges enamel of the Holy Family at the nativity with animals in the manner of Jean de Court, set within a frame of Mannerist architectural form, the pediment and base set with lapis stones and flanked by putti.
The enamel of the nativity set within the offered lot is similar in execution to enamels by the artist Jean de Court, a master of Limoges enamel. The de Court dynasty of enamel painters ran an enamel workshop over several generations in Limoges in south-western France. The miniature tabernacle form of the frame is unusual, but likely also of late 16th/early 17th century origin.
The Limoges enamel of the Holy Family at the nativity with animals in the manner of Jean de Court, set within a frame of Mannerist architectural form, the pediment and base set with lapis stones and flanked by putti.
H: 7 1/4 in.
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The Limoges enamel of the Holy Family at the nativity with animals in the manner of Jean de Court, set within a frame of Mannerist architectural form, the pediment and base set with lapis stones and flanked by putti.
The enamel of the nativity set within the offered lot is similar in execution to enamels by the artist Jean de Court, a master of Limoges enamel. The de Court dynasty of enamel painters ran an enamel workshop over several generations in Limoges in south-western France. The miniature tabernacle form of the frame is unusual, but likely also of late 16th/early 17th century origin.
The Limoges enamel of the Holy Family at the nativity with animals in the manner of Jean de Court, set within a frame of Mannerist architectural form, the pediment and base set with lapis stones and flanked by putti.
H: 7 1/4 in.
