Limoges late 15th century or from the Limousin Primitive School....

Limoges late 15th century or from the Limousin Primitive School.
Rare "Kiss of Peace" plaque painted in polychrome enamel of a Deploration, on a black background with gold highlights.
Dark, almost blackish, counter-enamel made with residues of enamel powders.
Size: 9.7 x 7.5 cm.
Restorations.
On a black velvet display.
Our subject is reminiscent of the rectangular plaque representing "Calvary" by the so-called "Monvaerni workshop". Christ is lying on the blue mantle of the Virgin Mary. In the background, Saint John appears to be removing the crown of thorns while Saint Magdalene holds the ointment vase in her left hand.
On the left side, a gold inscription S MARIA.
The figures rest on a green mound punctuated by vegetation and tufts of grass.

There are still about forty painted enamels from the 15th century, scattered today in public and private collections in Europe and America. Archaic in style, compared to those of the following century, they have not yet revealed with certainty either their authors or their provenance.
The religious subjects of the Primitives were very often inspired or copied from Rhenish or Flemish prints and miniatures, whose expansion was influenced, in particular, by the Dukes of Burgundy.

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