A LIMOGES ENAMEL PLAQUE OF THE CRUCIFIXION

16TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF NARCON PNICAUD

Details

A LIMOGES ENAMEL PLAQUE OF THE CRUCIFIXION
16th Century, in the manner of Narcon Pnicaud
Within a later gilt-metal and crimson velvet surround
5.5/8in. x 4.5/8in. (14.5cm. x 11.75cm.)

Literature

U. McCracken, The Walters Art Gallery, Painted Enamels of Limoges, Baltimore, 1968, no. 6

Lot Essay

The panel - with a charming naivet of rendering - is a simplified derivative of a larger (11in. high), elaborate and crowded composition that forms the center of a triptych in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (no. 44.149). That in turn was based around 1520-25 on an earlier wood engraving in a printed Book of Hours published by Thielman Kerver in Paris in 1505.