Rectangular plate slightly curved enamelled in... Lot 21

Rectangular plate slightly curved enamelled in colour. The religious subject is inscribed in an oval circled with white on the rectangular plate whose corners are decorated with foliage enamelled in colours. At the base, in a scroll, ".S.IOANNA. The crouching saint, crowned, dressed in an ermine mantle, stretches her arms towards a cloud in which appears the child Jesus holding a basket, at her feet a sceptre. It is probably Jeanne de France or de Valois (Nogent, 1464 - Bourges, 1505), Queen of France, daughter of Louis XI. The Queen, having retired, founded a contemplative order. On the reverse, inscription in gold letters "Laudin aux faubourgs de Magnigne à Limoges I.I" Limoges, Jacques II Laudin, (son of Nicolas I, 1663-1729).Late 17th - early 18th century Plate: 22,5 x 18,5 cm Gilded wooden frame: 31 x 27 cm (Misses in the frame. A crack in the enamel in the upper left corner) PROVENANCE Private collection, Paris