plaque
- Museum number
- 1855,1201.19
- Description
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Painted Limoges enamel plaque; copper, rectangular; set in a modern twisted metal frame; King Louis XIII marriage to Anne of Austria (1615); king and queen kneeling, their hands joined by a winged angel; dove descending; to left, Marie de Medicis, to right, unknown man wearing collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; painted in semi-opaque enamels over a white preparation and in grisaille with flesh tones in stippling; counter enamel transparent and colourless.
- Production date
- 1610 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 7.10 centimetres (circa)
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Length: 7.60 centimetres (in frame)
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Width: 12.70 centimetres (circa)
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Width: 13.20 centimetres (in frame)
- Curator's comments
- Based on a print by L.Gaultier in the BNParis, showing marriage which took place in 1615, see E.Magne, Les fetes en Europe au XVII siecle, no date, p.363. This identification from Thierry Crepin Leblond at BLOIS, November 2002. DFT. note on file. The figure on the extreme right compares with a full-length portrait by Jean Limosin dated 1601 which was with Bernard Deschaemaekker in 2017, see his catalogue 16 [online], cat.12.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016-17 Sept-Jan, BM, 'French Portrait Drawings' (no cat)
- Condition
- Poor
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Marriage of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria 1615
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1855,1201.19
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BL.1487
