A FRENCH PALISSSY STYLE MONOGRAMMED PORTRAIT CHARGER

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH LANDAIS, CIRCA 1860

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A FRENCH PALISSSY STYLE MONOGRAMMED PORTRAIT CHARGER
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH LANDAIS, CIRCA 1860
In the Renaissance style, the center moulded with a half-length portrait of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, the radiating border with female masks alternating with monogrammed crowned shields
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

See Tours, p. 92 and 93, fig. 22 for a similar portrait charger from the Collection of Christine Viennet. The prototype for this work is thought to be a bronze medallion dated 1554 and conserved by La Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection A. Valton, 1993.

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