Auction on
11 May 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
As this portrait attests, Léonard Limosin was an enameler to great statesmen and kings, starting with French King, Francis I (r.1515-1547).
Léonard Limosin (c. 1505-c. 1575), Limoges, enameled plate with gold highlights, featuring a bust of Antoine de Halluin, c. 1560–1570, 14 x 10 cm/5.51 x 3.94 in. Result: €123,500
Léonard Limosin (c. 1505-c. 1575), Limoges, enameled plate with gold highlights, featuring a bust of Antoine de Halluin, c. 1560–1570, 14 x 10 cm/5.51 x 3.94 in. Result: €123,500
This polychrome painted, gold-highlighted enamel plate with the monogram "L.L", which had never come up for auction before, fulfilled expectations by obtaining €123,500. The life of the man depicted is fairly well documented. Antoine…
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