An enamelled plaque with the Virgin and Child
An enamelled plaque with the Virgin and Child
Copper panel with polychrome enamel and remains of gilding, ochre coloured counter enamel. Showing the Virgin and Child in an interior with Saint Anne, Saint Elisabeth, and the young John the Baptist carrying a jug. H 12.3, W 10.6 cm, H with frame 22.7, W 20.4 cm.
Limoges, mid-16th C.
Provenance
Private collection, Copenhagen.
Literature
For similar enamels with stylised landscape backgrounds cf.: Müsch et alii, Maleremails aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, Braunschweig 2002, no. 16 ff.