Leonard Limosin (1505-1577) and workshop: A rare enamel plaq...

Hammer

€28,000

Leonard Limosin (1505-1577) and workshop: A rare enamel plaque with the portrait of the Roman Emperor Caesar, Limoges, ca. 1550


Dia.: 23 cm



Ref.:
- Musee des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, museum number PPO2038, for a medallion with the profile of the Roman Emperor Nero. (link)
- Sotheby's, Oct. 12, 2022, lot 121, for a medallion with the profile of the Roman Emperor Galba. (link) Further in this sale lot 122 is a medallion with the profile of the Emperor Vespasian (link) and lot 127 is a medallion with the profile of the Emperor Tiberius (link).
- The Metropolitan, accession Number: 41.72(3.83), for a possible source engraving, Julius Caesar, from The Twelve Caesars, from 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae', published by Antonio Salamanca after Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500–1534. (link)

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