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Source Description
This unidentified gentleman is dressed in the sober style of the French court around 1550-70. The suggestion of soft velvet, the definition of the hair, the shadow that sets off the profile of the face from the background, and the parapet with a swag pattern are features of the work of Léonard Limosin and his workshop during these years. Limosin was one of the most successful artists working in painted enamel for the French court and the only one who made portraiture a specialty. Painted enamel portraits were more durable than those in tempera or oil.
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Document identity
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341
label
Portrait of a Gentleman
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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341
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object
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normalized
title
Portrait of a Gentleman
description
This unidentified gentleman is dressed in the sober style of the French court around 1550-70. The suggestion of soft velvet, the definition of the hair, the shadow that sets off the profile of the face from the background, and the parapet with a swag pattern are features of the work of Léonard Limosin and his workshop during these years. Limosin was one of the most successful artists working in painted enamel for the French court and the only one who made portraiture a specialty. Painted enamel portraits were more durable than those in tempera or oil.
provenance
Sigismond Bardac Collection, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Van de Baron Bogaerde, Chateau de Heeswijk, Bois-le-Duc [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Arnold Seligmann Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1570 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Enamels
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.7
height
4.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/4 x W: 1 7/8 in. (5.7 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
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4231
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BAR
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74
2382
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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